Existing social bonds do not always explain emergency collective behaviour

Evidence

However, while there is much evidence that existing social bonds are important in shaping behaviour in crowds (and communities) in emergencies, such social bonds are not always necessary to explain collective behaviour. In many major incidents, the crowd comprises strangers as well as affiliates, yet still there is evidence of widespread helping and other forms of social coordination among these strangers (Clarke, 2002). There is also substantial evidence to suggest that, as well as existing relationships structuring behaviour, new relationships are formed within emergencies, based on the common experience of the emergency itself. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 42

Categorization

• DEFINE: Sharpens the boundary between social-capital/existing-bond accounts and emergent-identity accounts of solidarity.
• XREF: connects to: Mass emergency behaviour stems from social identity, not panic or irrationality — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 122; Pre-disaster social bonds cannot explain solidarity among strangers during crises. — John Drury and Evangelos Ntontis, A SOCIAL IDENTITY MODEL OF COLLECTIVE…, 15; Shared emergent identity from common fate explains collective support amid disasters — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 15 (+6 more)

Related

• Pre-disaster social bonds cannot explain solidarity among strangers during crises. (similarity 0.94)
• Shared identity that enables crowd helping often emerges during an emergency rather than pre-existing. (similarity 0.93)
• Emergency crowds can generate new social bonds among strangers. (similarity 0.92)
• Post-disaster solidarity toward strangers stems from emergent shared social identity, not prior personal ties. (similarity 0.92)
• Observing others act together drives disaster solidarity more than identification (similarity 0.90)
• A shared identity can emerge within a crowd only after an emergency begins. (similarity 0.90)
• Shared emergent identity from common fate explains collective support amid disasters (similarity 0.90)
• Shared identity can emerge rapidly during, not before, an emergency. (similarity 0.90)
• Disasters forge new social bonds via shared external threat. (similarity 0.90)
• Social support in disasters ranges from individual acts to collective cooperation. (similarity 0.89)
• Shared fate in danger makes strangers act as one group offering help. (similarity 0.89)
• Shared social identity is the causal variable predicting solidarity among disaster strangers. (similarity 0.87)
• Solidarity with strangers can arise without prior attachment figures present (similarity 0.87)
• Shared identity can be an outcome of mutual aid, not only its cause (similarity 0.87)
• Shared identity turns crowds from irrational mobs into solidarity-based adaptive resources (similarity 0.87)

Broader Connections

• Pre-disaster social bonds cannot explain solidarity among strangers during crises. #expands (0.95) — John Drury and Evangelos Ntontis, A SOCIAL IDENTITY MODEL OF COLLECTIVE…, 15
• Post-disaster solidarity toward strangers stems from emergent shared social identity, not prior personal ties. #corroborates (0.90) — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 118
• Shared emergent identity from common fate explains collective support amid disasters #expands (0.85) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 15
• Observing others act together drives disaster solidarity more than identification #complicates (0.85) — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 111
• Mass emergency behaviour stems from social identity, not panic or irrationality #corroborates (0.80) — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 122
• Disasters forge new social bonds via shared external threat. #expands (0.80) — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 16
• Shared social identity produces adaptive psychosocial resilience that aids group survival in emergencies. #expands (0.80) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 107
• Emergency crowds can generate new social bonds among strangers. #expands (0.80) — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 13
• Shared social identity is the causal variable predicting solidarity among disaster strangers. #corroborates (0.80) — John Drury and Evangelos Ntontis, A SOCIAL IDENTITY MODEL OF COLLECTIVE…, 26