Shared identity can emerge rapidly during, not before, an emergency.

Evidence

We assumed that people in crowds without a shared social identity remained that way throughout the emergency. However, our studies of real-life emergencies indicated that a more dynamic account was required, more in line with the ideas on “emergent groupness” described above. The best example is our study of survivor behaviours during the 7 July 2005 London bombings, for in this case the crowd (of commuters) had no shared social identity prior to the explosions but behaved as if they did immediately afterwards. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 61

Categorization

• SEED: The idea that solidarity between strangers can switch on within moments of a common threat, without any prior group membership, is a strong angle for an essay on how shared projects create identity.
• XREF: Doctors without Borders or post-flood volunteer surges work on this same emergent-groupness mechanism; connects to Drury’s social-identity resilience literature. — connects to: The emergency itself, not an outgroup, can define group boundaries — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 49; Shared identity that enables crowd helping often emerges during an emergency rather than pre-existing. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 79; A shared identity can emerge within a crowd only after an emergency begins. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 61 (+4 more)

Related

• A shared identity can emerge within a crowd only after an emergency begins. (similarity 0.96)
• Shared identity that enables crowd helping often emerges during an emergency rather than pre-existing. (similarity 0.96)
• Shared identity turns crowds from irrational mobs into solidarity-based adaptive resources (similarity 0.91)
• Shared identity can be an outcome of mutual aid, not only its cause (similarity 0.90)
• Shared fate in danger makes strangers act as one group offering help. (similarity 0.90)
• Shared emergent identity from common fate explains collective support amid disasters (similarity 0.90)
• Existing social bonds do not always explain emergency collective behaviour (similarity 0.90)
• Emergency responders should deliberately cultivate shared identity with survivors. (similarity 0.90)
• Shared danger makes people feel close to strangers and motivates mutual help. (similarity 0.89)
• The emergency itself, not an outgroup, can define group boundaries (similarity 0.89)
• Post-disaster solidarity toward strangers stems from emergent shared social identity, not prior personal ties. (similarity 0.89)
• Shared social identity is the causal variable predicting solidarity among disaster strangers. (similarity 0.89)
• Solidarity among emergency survivors stems from perceiving strangers as oneself. (similarity 0.89)
• Emergency crowds can generate new social bonds among strangers. (similarity 0.88)
• Shared social identity produces adaptive psychosocial resilience that aids group survival in emergencies. (similarity 0.88)

Broader Connections

• Shared identity that enables crowd helping often emerges during an emergency rather than pre-existing. #corroborates (0.95) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 79
• A shared identity can emerge within a crowd only after an emergency begins. #corroborates (0.90) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 61
• Shared danger of death heightens unity among strangers in an emergency. #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 #corroborates (0.85) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 49
• Post-disaster solidarity toward strangers stems from emergent shared social identity, not prior personal ties. #expands (0.80) — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 118
• Shared identity can be an outcome of mutual aid, not only its cause #qualifies (0.75) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 155