Over the past 50 years a huge body of evidence, dating back to Tajfel's famous minimal group studies, has built up support for the idea that social identity -a sense of 'us-ness' -is central to the dynamics of intergroup relations. But in the last decade a new body of work has built up around the idea that social identity is also critical for health: it's the basis for a sense of connection and an associated sense of meaning, support, purpose and agency. This special collection features five researchers who have spearheaded this so-called 'social cure' research. As the former President of the Academy of Royal Medical Colleges, Dame Sue Bailey, said in the foreword to their new book The New Psychology of Health, this is a revolution we should all want to be part of.
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机译：在过去的50年里，一个巨大的证据，可追溯到泰姬陵着名的最小群体研究，建立了对社会认同-A的界定关系的动态的理念的支持。 但在过去的十年中，一项新的工作机构已经围绕着社会形式对健康至关重要的想法：这是一个联系感和相关意义感，支持，宗旨和机构的基础。 这个特别系列具有五个研究人员，这些研究人员已经刺激了这种所谓的“社会治疗”研究。 作为皇家医学院学院前总统，Dame Sue Bailey在前言中表示，在他们的新书的新书的健康心理学，这是一场革命，我们都应该成为的一部分。
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