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The self in its social context: Why resilience needs company

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2015

Hans IJzerman
Affiliation:
Department of Social Psychology, Tilburg University, 5037AB Tilburg, The [email protected]://h.ijzerman.googlepages.com
Siegwart Lindenberg
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 9712TG Groningen, The Netherlands. [email protected]://lindenberg.academiaworks.com/

Abstract

In their target article, Kalisch et al. explicate an appraisal-based model to explain how people bounce back from stress. We posit that for their model, it is crucial to understand the begin-state φ (the “self”) – a state that is shaped by early social thermoregulation and through the social network.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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