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  • 5 - Comfort in Dark Times

  • Orla T. Muldoon, University of Limerick
  • Book:
    The Social Psychology of Trauma
    Published online:
    04 April 2024
    Print publication:
    11 April 2024, pp 90-114
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    Traumatic events, because they affect people’s social identities and group memberships, can ultimately impact their psychological outcomes after trauma. Traumatic events that consolidate social identities can provide a platform for resilience and even give hope for the future. Trauma that is seen as a shared experience can offer a new basis for connecting to others in difficult times. This can also be a source of resilience. This chapter delves into existing new and multiple group memberships as a foundation for resilience. The role of changes in group memberships and degree of connections to these groups on psychological outcomes after trauma is reviewed. Paying attention to political dimensions, the impact of shifts in the value placed on groups and identities by changing social and political circumstances is also considered. The chapter concludes that changes in social identities and group memberships are a powerful determinant of psychological adjustment to trauma.