Publications by authors named "Melissa X-L Chang"
Article Synopsis
- The study explores how shared group identity can influence risk-taking behavior, proposing a Social Identity Model of Risk Taking.
- Research shows that individuals tend to perceive ingroup members as lower risk and are more likely to engage in risky behavior with them compared to outgroup members.
- Trust, especially in terms of integrity, plays a critical role in this dynamic, suggesting that while we may feel safest with ingroup members, they can also lead us into riskier situations.
Objective: Loneliness is a key public health issue for which various interventions have been trialed. However, few directly target the core feature of loneliness-lack of belonging. This is the focus of Groups 4 Health (G4H), a recently developed intervention that targets the development and maintenance of social group memberships to support health.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhile previous studies have consistently shown that belonging to multiple groups enhances well-being, the current research proposes that for Asians, multiple group memberships (MGM) may confer fewer well-being benefits. We suggest that this is due, in part, to Asian norms about relationships and support seeking, making Asians more reluctant to enlist social support due to concerns about burdening others. Overall, MGM was associated with enhanced well-being in Westerners (Study 2), but not Asians (Studies 1-3).
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