Pre-disaster social bonds cannot explain solidarity among strangers during crises.

Evidence

First, social capital operates on a descriptive or sociological level and cannot adequately explain the psychological processes through which social networks become relevant for those involved in an emergency or a disaster and the microprocesses through which they are mobilised (Drury et al., 2019; Ntontis, 2018; Shreve & Fordham, 2019; Wickes et al., 2017). Second, neither social capital nor interpersonal bonds account for the evidence of emergence of social bonds between strangers during crises (Drury, 2018; Drury et al., 2019; Uekusha, 2017). In other words, a psychological explanation is needed for emergent solidarity that does not rely on predisaster social bonds. — John Drury and Evangelos Ntontis, A SOCIAL IDENTITY MODEL OF COLLECTIVE…, 15

Categorization

• XREF: Directly connects to the reader’s running thesis on pro-sociality crowding out enemy-based solidarity models in the emergency-psychology literature. — connects to: Post-disaster solidarity toward strangers stems from emergent shared social identity, not prior personal ties. — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 118; Disasters forge new social bonds via shared external threat. — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 16; Shared social identity is the causal variable predicting solidarity among disaster strangers. — John Drury and Evangelos Ntontis, A SOCIAL IDENTITY MODEL OF COLLECTIVE…, 26 (+7 more)

Related

• Existing social bonds do not always explain emergency collective behaviour (similarity 0.94)
• Post-disaster solidarity toward strangers stems from emergent shared social identity, not prior personal ties. (similarity 0.91)
• Emergency crowds can generate new social bonds among strangers. (similarity 0.89)
• Shared identity that enables crowd helping often emerges during an emergency rather than pre-existing. (similarity 0.89)
• Disasters forge new social bonds via shared external threat. (similarity 0.89)
• Solidarity with strangers can arise without prior attachment figures present (similarity 0.88)
• Observing others act together drives disaster solidarity more than identification (similarity 0.88)
• Shared social identity is the causal variable predicting solidarity among disaster strangers. (similarity 0.88)
• Disaster survivors who feel shared fate identify socially and give emotional support (similarity 0.87)
• Social support in disasters ranges from individual acts to collective cooperation. (similarity 0.87)
• Shared identity can emerge rapidly during, not before, an emergency. (similarity 0.87)
• Solidarity among emergency survivors stems from perceiving strangers as oneself. (similarity 0.86)
• Shared emergent identity from common fate explains collective support amid disasters (similarity 0.86)
• A shared identity can emerge within a crowd only after an emergency begins. (similarity 0.86)
• Shared fate in danger makes strangers act as one group offering help. (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• Shared emergent identity from common fate explains collective support amid disasters #corroborates (0.92) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 15
• Solidarity among emergency survivors stems from perceiving strangers as oneself. #corroborates (0.88) — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 14
• Shared social identity is the causal variable predicting solidarity among disaster strangers. #contradicts (0.85) — John Drury and Evangelos Ntontis, A SOCIAL IDENTITY MODEL OF COLLECTIVE…, 26
• Emergency crowds can generate new social bonds among strangers. #corroborates (0.82) — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 13
• Observing others act together drives disaster solidarity more than identification #corroborates (0.72) — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 111