Observing others act together drives disaster solidarity more than identification

Evidence

The crucial factor in explaining solidarity behaviours in this event—and perhaps therefore in many similar disasters—is the extent to which other people were seen to be acting together and helping others. — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 111

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 111
• XREF: connects to: People act collectively in emergencies despite being conditioned toward individual self-interest. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 14; Shared identity that enables crowd helping often emerges during an emergency rather than pre-existing. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 79; 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 (+10 more)

Related

• Post-disaster solidarity toward strangers stems from emergent shared social identity, not prior personal ties. (similarity 0.91)
• Shared identity that enables crowd helping often emerges during an emergency rather than pre-existing. (similarity 0.91)
• Existing social bonds do not always explain emergency collective behaviour (similarity 0.90)
• Disaster survivors who feel shared fate identify socially and give emotional support (similarity 0.90)
• Social support in disasters ranges from individual acts to collective cooperation. (similarity 0.89)
• Survivors who experienced unity in an emergency also helped others. (similarity 0.89)
• Shared social identity is the causal variable predicting solidarity among disaster strangers. (similarity 0.89)
• Shared emergent identity from common fate explains collective support amid disasters (similarity 0.89)
• Shared identity can be an outcome of mutual aid, not only its cause (similarity 0.89)
• Pre-disaster social bonds cannot explain solidarity among strangers during crises. (similarity 0.88)
• Solidarity among emergency survivors stems from perceiving strangers as oneself. (similarity 0.88)
• Disaster responders shape survivors’ help-giving through the example they set. (similarity 0.88)
• People act together because shared identity lets each expect others will join (similarity 0.88)
• Shared identity with a crowd increases helping and decreases pushing others aside. (similarity 0.88)
• Collectively experienced trauma makes victims identify as one group, motivating help (similarity 0.87)

Broader Connections

• Shared social identity is the causal variable predicting solidarity among disaster strangers. #contradicts (0.90) — John Drury and Evangelos Ntontis, A SOCIAL IDENTITY MODEL OF COLLECTIVE…, 26
• Post-disaster solidarity toward strangers stems from emergent shared social identity, not prior personal ties. #contradicts (0.88) — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 118
• Solidarity among emergency survivors stems from perceiving strangers as oneself. #qualifies (0.80) — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 14
• Mass emergency behaviour stems from social identity, not panic or irrationality #contradicts (0.80) — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 122