Involving one’s family in the process of adjusting to living with multiple sclerosis (MS) could reduce low mood in persons with MS, according to a recent study that examined family identity and mood in persons in MS. Mood disorders are highly prevalent in people with MS as the disease causes changes to a person's sense of self. The Social Identity Model of Identity Change posits that group membership can have a positive effect on mood during identity change, and the family is a social group implicated in adjustment to MS. The objectives of this study were to investigate whether family identity can predict mood in people with MS and to test whether this prediction was mediated by social support and connectedness to others. A cross-sectional survey of 195 participants comprised measures of family identity, family social support, connectedness to others, and mood. Researchers discovered that family identity predicted mood, both directly and indirectly, through parallel mediators of family social support and connectedness to others.