Post-disaster solidarity toward strangers stems from emergent shared social identity, not prior personal ties.

Evidence

The word ‘others’ in a number of the questionnaire items could have been interpreted by participants as referring either to family and friends or to strangers and acquaintances. Therefore, the items on support referring explicitly to ‘strangers’ and to ‘the community’ were perhaps a more reliable measure of social category-based solidarity behaviour. Importantly, however, and in line with the overall argument that emergent social identification (that is, with strangers affected by the disaster) was crucial to the widespread solidarity behaviours, the analysis showed that observed coordinated social support (‘strangers’, ‘people’) had generalization effects, whereas observed emotional social support (‘others’) did not. Thus, overall, the findings cannot easily be explained simply in terms of existing interpersonal relationships. — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 118

Categorization

• QUESTION: The ambiguity of the word ‘others’ is a methodological subtlety worth remembering — how questionnaire wording itself can blur the distinction between personal and categorical solidarity.
• DEFINE: Clarifies that coordinated social support toward strangers/community, not emotional support toward ‘others’, is the measure of social category-based solidarity.
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 118
• XREF: connects to: Shared emergent identity from common fate explains collective support amid disasters — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 15; A shared identity can emerge within a crowd only after an emergency begins. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 61; Shared identity that enables crowd helping often emerges during an emergency rather than pre-existing. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 79 (+20 more)

Related

• Existing social bonds do not always explain emergency collective behaviour (similarity 0.92)
• Shared identity that enables crowd helping often emerges during an emergency rather than pre-existing. (similarity 0.91)
• Observing others act together drives disaster solidarity more than identification (similarity 0.91)
• Pre-disaster social bonds cannot explain solidarity among strangers during crises. (similarity 0.91)
• Disaster survivors who feel shared fate identify socially and give emotional support (similarity 0.91)
• Shared emergent identity from common fate explains collective support amid disasters (similarity 0.90)
• Shared social identity is the causal variable predicting solidarity among disaster strangers. (similarity 0.90)
• Solidarity among emergency survivors stems from perceiving strangers as oneself. (similarity 0.89)
• Shared identity can emerge rapidly during, not before, an emergency. (similarity 0.89)
• A shared identity can emerge within a crowd only after an emergency begins. (similarity 0.89)
• Solidarity with strangers can arise without prior attachment figures present (similarity 0.88)
• Social support in disasters ranges from individual acts to collective cooperation. (similarity 0.88)
• Shared identity can be an outcome of mutual aid, not only its cause (similarity 0.88)
• Shared fate in danger makes strangers act as one group offering help. (similarity 0.88)
• Emergency crowds can generate new social bonds among strangers. (similarity 0.87)

Broader Connections

• Shared social identity is the causal variable predicting solidarity among disaster strangers. #corroborates (1.00) — John Drury and Evangelos Ntontis, A SOCIAL IDENTITY MODEL OF COLLECTIVE…, 26
• Pre-disaster social bonds cannot explain solidarity among strangers during crises. #corroborates (1.00) — John Drury and Evangelos Ntontis, A SOCIAL IDENTITY MODEL OF COLLECTIVE…, 15
• Disaster survivors in a crowd describe intense unity with strangers. #exemplifies (0.90) — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 61
• Solidarity among emergency survivors stems from perceiving strangers as oneself. #expands (0.85) — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 14
• Disasters forge new social bonds via shared external threat. #expands (0.85) — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 16
• Shared identity with a crowd increases helping and decreases pushing others aside. #expands (0.85) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 56
• 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
• Mass emergency behaviour stems from social identity, not panic or irrationality #qualifies (0.75) — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 122
• Flood survivors’ shared identity predicts their well-being through expected support months later #expands (0.75) — John Drury and Evangelos Ntontis, A SOCIAL IDENTITY MODEL OF COLLECTIVE…, 34