Exploring the Pathways Between Transformative Group Experiences and Identity Fusion [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 A growing body of evidence suggests that two distinct forms of group alignment are possible: identification and fusion (the former asserts that group and personal identity are distinct, while the latter asserts group and personal identities are ...
Christopher M. Kavanagh +6 more
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Why True Believers Make the Ultimate Sacrifice: Sacred Values, Moral Convictions, or Identity Fusion? [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Recent research has identified three promising candidates for predicting extreme behavior: sacred values, moral convictions, and identity fusion. Each construct is thought to motivate extreme behavior in unique ways: Sacred values trigger extreme actions
Francois Alexi Martel +6 more
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Let Others Buy First: Identity Fusion Buffers the Effect of COVID-19 Phobia on Panic Buying Behavior From an Economic Perspective [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused hundreds of millions of cases and millions of deaths, resulting in the development of COVID-19 phobia.
Yi-Tai Seih +3 more
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‘I Get High With a Little Help From My Friends’ - How Raves Can Invoke Identity Fusion and Lasting Co-operation via Transformative Experiences [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Psychoactive drugs have been central to many human group rituals throughout modern human evolution. Despite such experiences often being inherently social, bonding and associated prosocial behaviors have rarely been empirically tested as an outcome. Here
Martha Newson +5 more
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The Development of Identity Fusion [PDF]
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2021 The fusion of personal and group identities can lead to self-sacrificial progroup behavior, from acts of charity to violent extremism. Two pathways to identity fusion—via shared biology and shared experiences—have been proposed. In this article, we elucidate a new developmental account of the origins and mechanisms of these two pathways to identity ...
Harvey Whitehouse, Elaine Reese
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Shared dysphoric experiences activate identity fusion, but not forever. [PDF]
Br J Soc PsycholAbstract Identity fusion is a synergistic union of the personal self and target of fusion that predicts extreme behaviours on its behalf. Previous work identified that intense shared dysphoric experiences cause fusion with groups, but no research to date has investigated changes in fusion before, during and after a collective ...
Bautista H +4 more
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Prestige, Pride, and Belief: A Hypothesized Neural Integration Framework for Status, Identity, and Modern Polarization [PDF]
Brain SciencesHuman societies depend on prestige hierarchies that confer status on demonstrated competence, alongside the dominance hierarchies that rely on coercion and that humans share with other primates. The same neural processes that support cooperative learning
Sarfaraz K. Niazi
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Identity fusion can foster intergroup trust and willingness to cooperate [PDF]
Communications PsychologyIdentity fusion – a construct that captures extreme ingroup commitment – has traditionally been associated with intergroup violence. However, recent research suggests that identity fusion is also associated with feelings of security that promote ...
Jack W. Klein +6 more
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Shared Negative Experiences Lead to Identity Fusion via Personal Reflection. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Across three studies, we examined the role of shared negative experiences in the formation of strong social bonds--identity fusion--previously associated with individuals' willingness to self-sacrifice for the sake of their groups.
Jonathan Jong +3 more
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Development and Testing of Identity Fusion Instruments
Guidena, 2021 The existence of complex dynamics in the behavior of individuals in groups can explain the theoretical constructs of individual and group relations that continue to develop today.
Agitia Kurniati Asrila +2 more
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