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The social identity approach and human givens: A mapping exercise to inform practice to aid community resilience following mass casualty incidents

Hart, Helen; Stevenson, Clifford; Kellezi, Blerina

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Dr Helen Hart H.L.Hart1@salford.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology

Clifford Stevenson

Blerina Kellezi



Abstract

In this paper, two separate psychological approaches to health and wellbeing are mapped onto one another to explore the efficacy of both within therapeutic practice. The Social Identity Approach to Health is based on the dominant paradigm of group dynamics in social psychology. The Human Givens approach is used effectively across multidisciplinary specialisms with clear psychotherapeutic outcomes. A brief overview of both approaches is given, then a mapping exercise reveals how these approaches are complementary and how elements of both can be used to inform policy and enhance the therapeutic outcome for community resilience in groups and individual psychotherapy. The ways in which these approaches relate to trauma recovery and the emergency response following mass casualty incidents (Hobfoll et al., 2007; Drury et al., 2019) is also addressed. This paper is useful to practitioners and social psychologists as a stand-alone perspective and is also necessary to provide context to forthcoming research within this area.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 1, 2025
Online Publication Date Mar 20, 2025
Publication Date Mar 20, 2025
Deposit Date Mar 26, 2025
Publicly Available Date Apr 1, 2025
Journal Psychotherapy Section Review
Print ISSN 1747-1761
Publisher The British Psychological Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 1
Issue 71
Pages 23-29
DOI https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspsr.2025.1.71.23

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