Existing friendship and family bonds shape cooperative evacuation behavior.

Evidence

A similar explanation to social capital is offered by sociologists and others referring to the role of existing interpersonal bonds (e.g. between friends or family members). These bonds structure people’s responses in evacuations, for example, preventing uncontrolled competition, and are the main sources of social support in these events (Johnson, 1988). — John Drury and Evangelos Ntontis, A SOCIAL IDENTITY MODEL OF COLLECTIVE…, 14

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Shared emergent identity from common fate explains collective support amid disasters — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 15; Shared social identity produces adaptive psychosocial resilience that aids group survival in emergencies. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 107; Social support in disasters ranges from individual acts to collective cooperation. — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 27 (+1 more)

Related

• Existing social bonds do not always explain emergency collective behaviour (similarity 0.85)
• Social support in disasters ranges from individual acts to collective cooperation. (similarity 0.84)
• Pre-disaster social bonds cannot explain solidarity among strangers during crises. (similarity 0.83)
• Shared emergent identity from common fate explains collective support amid disasters (similarity 0.82)
• Shared identity can be an outcome of mutual aid, not only its cause (similarity 0.81)
• Disaster survivors who feel shared fate identify socially and give emotional support (similarity 0.81)
• Shared social identity produces adaptive psychosocial resilience that aids group survival in emergencies. (similarity 0.81)
• Expecting support from fellow survivors enables coordinated collective action. (similarity 0.80)
• Shared identity that enables crowd helping often emerges during an emergency rather than pre-existing. (similarity 0.80)
• Emergency crowds can generate new social bonds among strangers. (similarity 0.80)
• Disasters forge new social bonds via shared external threat. (similarity 0.79)
• Emergency responders should deliberately cultivate shared identity with survivors. (similarity 0.79)
• Observing others act together drives disaster solidarity more than identification (similarity 0.79)
• Shared social identity is the causal variable predicting solidarity among disaster strangers. (similarity 0.79)
• Collective resilience theory now yields practical guidance for disaster practitioners. (similarity 0.79)