Identification might operate at a different level than researchers measured.

Evidence

Moreover, the only result that went against predictions was that for H13, the other moderation analysis. In this case, while there was indeed a significant relationship between observed social support and expected support when levels of identification were high, the relationship was even stronger when levels of identification were low. It is possible, perhaps, that for those low in identification with people affected by the disaster, there was identification with those observed providing social support but at a different level than that of ‘people affected by the disaster’ (e.g., ‘the community’), which our measure was not picking up. It is also likely that processes other than social identification were operating. We did not examine any other moderators, and in the case of emotional social support, we did not look at possible mediators, such as self-relevance. These, then, are issues that could be explored in future research. — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 120

Categorization

• XREF: Relates to self-categorization theory’s idea that people can identify at individual, group, or broader community levels — echoes work on inclusive vs exclusive identities beyond the disaster context. — connects to: Assuming shared identity permits recognizing differences across experience. — Farhan Samanani, Conviviality and its others: for a…, 46; Humans can typically discriminate level differences of 1 to 2 dB — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 3363; Measured data can challenge subjective impressions because conditions differ — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 1082 (+3 more)
• DEFINE: The passage clarifies the counterintuitive finding that a predicted moderation relationship was reversed, and offers the level of identification as the explanation.
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 120

Related

• Humans detect level changes of about 1 dB at moderate volumes (similarity 0.81)
• Humans can typically discriminate level differences of 1 to 2 dB (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Humans can typically discriminate level differences of 1 to 2 dB #exemplifies (0.80) — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 3363
• Humans detect level changes of about 1 dB at moderate volumes #exemplifies (0.80) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1162
• Assuming shared identity permits recognizing differences across experience. #corroborates (0.75) — Farhan Samanani, Conviviality and its others, 46
• Measured data can challenge subjective impressions because conditions differ #complicates (0.75) — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 1082
• Small detection-threshold gains amplify into much larger identification-level changes #expands (0.75) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1430