Group identification can function to restore a threatened sense of control.
Evidence
Identifying with groups and acting as a group member can serve to maintain or restore people’s sense of control through the (social) self, and group behavior might often be driven by concerns about control. — Immo Fritsche, Agency Through the We, 42
Categorization
- XREF: Core claim directly tested against the reader’s control-restoration hypothesis about hollowed-out negational identities. — connects to: In-group identification boosts well-being through gains in perceived control, not self-esteem. — Immo Fritsche, Agency Through the We: Group-Based…, 24; Group identification and exaggerated collective agency are two distinct strategies for restoring control. — Immo Fritsche, Agency Through the We: Group-Based…, 23; Mortality threats drive group identification through perceived loss of control, not symbolic immortality. — Immo Fritsche, Agency Through the We: Group-Based…, 41 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- Threats can increase ingroup identification, not merely follow from it
#expands(0.85) — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes, 126 - Uncertainty reduction and control restoration are independent motives for group identification
#qualifies(0.85) — Immo Fritsche, Agency Through the We, 37 - Group identification arises from the need for safety and status.
#expands(0.80) — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 961 - Threatened group identity drives scapegoating and reassertion of superiority.
#exemplifies(0.80) — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 824