A week-long visit last week kicked off the beginning of a collaboration between Penn State and Monash University in Australia. The RTS lab is working with collaborators to examine social identity in recovery. As a part of this project, we’ll be developing a computerized tool for understanding participants’ subjective views of their social identity–that is, how they relate to the groups around them–and examining how those social identities emerge from the momentary interactions that they engage in. We’ll be asking them about their face-to-face, phone, text, and social media conversations with members of the groups they consider themselves to be a part of, and mapping out the way that those interactions lead to an identity as part of the group. The longer-term goal is to be able to provide moment-to-moment advice on how to shape their relationships in order to promote the ones that lead to a sustained, healthy recovery that can help them to thrive.
Collaboration: Monash University, Australia
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