Shared danger makes people feel close to strangers and motivates mutual help.

Evidence

I felt that we’re all in the same boat together [] and then for the feelings that I was feeling could well have been felt by them as well ‘cos I don’t think any normal human being could just calmly sat there going oh yeah this is great [] it was a stressful situation and we were all in it together and the best way to get out of it was to help each other … yeah so I felt exactly I felt quite close to the people near me. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 74

Categorization

• DEFINE: First-person testimony grounding the theoretical notion of common fate producing shared identity.
• SEED: A vivid real quote that could anchor a popular piece on why disasters paradoxically forge altruism rather than panic.
• corroborated: 5 independent passages support this claim — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 74
• 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 fate in danger makes strangers act as one group offering help. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 47; Solidarity among emergency survivors stems from perceiving strangers as oneself. — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 14 (+15 more)

Related

• Shared fate in danger makes strangers act as one group offering help. (similarity 0.93)
• Shared danger of death heightens unity among strangers in an emergency. (similarity 0.92)
• Collectively experienced trauma makes victims identify as one group, motivating help (similarity 0.92)
• Solidarity among emergency survivors stems from perceiving strangers as oneself. (similarity 0.90)
• Greater perceived threat of death produces more solidarity among strangers, not more competition. (similarity 0.90)
• Shared identity that enables crowd helping often emerges during an emergency rather than pre-existing. (similarity 0.90)
• Shared identity can emerge rapidly during, not before, an emergency. (similarity 0.89)
• Shared emergent identity from common fate explains collective support amid disasters (similarity 0.89)
• A shared identity can emerge within a crowd only after an emergency begins. (similarity 0.89)
• People act collectively in emergencies despite being conditioned toward individual self-interest. (similarity 0.88)
• Emergency crowds can generate new social bonds among strangers. (similarity 0.88)
• Shared identity turns crowds from irrational mobs into solidarity-based adaptive resources (similarity 0.87)
• Shared fate during disasters is almost always grounded in a shared threat of death. (similarity 0.87)
• Shared social identity is the causal variable predicting solidarity among disaster strangers. (similarity 0.87)
• Shared social identity produces adaptive psychosocial resilience that aids group survival in emergencies. (similarity 0.87)

Broader Connections

• Shared danger of death heightens unity among strangers in an emergency. #corroborates (0.95) — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 104
• Shared social identity is the causal variable predicting solidarity among disaster strangers. #expands (0.88) — John Drury and Evangelos Ntontis, A SOCIAL IDENTITY MODEL OF COLLECTIVE…, 26
• A psychological crowd forms from mere co-presence under shared threat. #expands (0.85) — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 104
• Facing a shared threat transforms individuals into a psychological crowd with emergent shared identity #expands (0.85) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 49
• Collectively experienced trauma makes victims identify as one group, motivating help #expands (0.85) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 99
• Emergency crowds can generate new social bonds among strangers. #expands (0.82) — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 13
• Solidarity among emergency survivors stems from perceiving strangers as oneself. #expands (0.80) — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 14
• Shared identity with a crowd increases helping and decreases pushing others aside. #expands (0.80) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 56
• Shared identity that enables crowd helping often emerges during an emergency rather than pre-existing. #expands (0.80) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 79
• People feel emotional distress over harms to others merely sharing one salient group membership #expands (0.72) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2266
• Shared group membership alone can trigger emotional reactions to others’ harm #expands (0.72) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2266
• Fear of death and self-uncertainty motivate people to join groups #expands (0.72) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2338
• External danger and social isolation drive members toward group conformity. #expands (0.70) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4142