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The role of basic psychological needs satisfaction and subjective well-being in the relationship between identification with all humanity and physical health problems: A serial mediation model

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The present study sought to explore the mediating effects of basic psychological needs satisfaction (BPNS) and subjective well-being (SWB) on the link between identification with all humanity (IWAH) and physical health problem (PHP). The sample consisted of 552 young and middle-aged Turkish adults (Mage = 29.53 ± 8.67; 60.0% women, 40.0% men). The findings indicated that BPNS has a statistically significant mediating role in the relationship between IWAH and PHP, whereas SWB did not have a mediating role in this relationship. However, the findings revealed that BPNS and SWB have a serial mediating role in the relationship between IWAH and PHP, even while controlling for gender, age, and socioeconomic status. The results improve our understanding of how social identity may be related to physical health, and fill a gap in the existing literature on IWAH. Thus, the current study has implications for future research and practice by drawing attention to IWAH.

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