Identity, Self and Social Categorisation
The research interests and activities of Ken Mavor's lab group and colleagues
We are delighted that this edited book is now out and available! It has been a labour of love for several years but we are very excited to see it come out and to touch upon a number of very important issues in education. See below for the contents and more detail about the book … Read more
We received a grant for just under £10,000 to progress the work on the link between different types of stressors and identity in the medical context into 2017. The project title is: Identity-potent stressors: The interplay of professional (social) identity and specific work-related stressors; and the implications for wellbeing of doctors and medical trainees. This is … Read more
We were delighted to have four volunteer summer interns working with the lab over the summer – three from St Andrews and a guest all the way from Turkey! The group spend the majority of their time exploring the issues around identity and well-being in the medical context. We also explored different models of self-complexity … Read more
Symposium on Burnout and Resiliency in Medical Education Participants from across Scotland and further afield gathered in the Gateway building at St Andrews to discuss recent work on building resilience in medical education. The importance of improving the well-being of medical students and professionals has been a growing priority in recent years. As part of … Read more
“…some stress is identity-potent: it has a special meaning in the context of a professional identity.” Ken and Kathy had the opportunity to write a commentary piece for Medical Education entitled “Moving toward a complex systems view in medical student wellbeing research”. We took the opportunity to further advance the view that we need to … Read more
Congratulations to Kathy on completing her corrections and submitting the final thesis for the award of her PhD! Kathy’s thesis was entitled “An Investigation of Self-Structure, Social Identity and Norms in Medical Student Wellbeing” and several papers have already come out of this line of work. Kathy’s PhD is part of our “Prevalence to Process” … Read more
The Seminar series run by the College of Medicine Dentistry and Nursing in Dundee is a wonderful opportunity to explore the implications of the self and identity process model of medical student well-being.
Ken had the terrific opportunity to present a keynote address entitled “Encapsulating the things that matter: Exploring identities for learning, social action and well-being” at the GRASP conference in Sweden on May 23rd (9th Nordic conference in group- and social psychology). The GRASP conference attracts an interesting mix of researchers from across Scandinavia who are … Read more
There is a well-established literature showing the higher prevalence of stress and threats to wellbeing in medical students. There is a well-established literature showing the higher prevalence of stress and threats to wellbeing in medical students. In this paper we argue for the importance of researching specific psychological processes that might exacerbate or moderate these … Read more
