Watching others give help makes disaster survivors give help themselves via expected reciprocity.
Evidence
Observing others’ supportive behaviour predicted both providing emotional social support and providing coordinated instrumental social support. Expected support was a key mediator of these relationships and also predicted collective efficacy. — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 6
Categorization
- corroborated: 4 independent passages support this claim — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 6
- XREF: connects to: Survivor reactions in emergencies spread to others as unintended social influence. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 119; Bystanders give less support after humanmade disasters than natural ones. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 156; Disaster responders shape survivors’ help-giving through the example they set. — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 135 (+2 more)
Related
- Disaster responders shape survivors’ help-giving through the example they set. (similarity 0.92)
- Survivor reactions in emergencies spread to others as unintended social influence. (similarity 0.88)
- Observing others act together drives disaster solidarity more than identification (similarity 0.86)
- Bystanders give less support after humanmade disasters than natural ones. (similarity 0.86)
- Expecting support from fellow survivors enables coordinated collective action. (similarity 0.86)
- Survivors who experienced unity in an emergency also helped others. (similarity 0.85)
- Disaster survivors who feel shared fate identify socially and give emotional support (similarity 0.85)
- Social support in disasters ranges from individual acts to collective cooperation. (similarity 0.83)
- Personal cost does not explain why disaster survivors help each other. (similarity 0.83)
- Observing others’ supportive behaviour predicted one’s own supportive behaviour. (similarity 0.82)
- Collectively experienced trauma makes victims identify as one group, motivating help (similarity 0.80)
- Post-disaster solidarity toward strangers stems from emergent shared social identity, not prior personal ties. (similarity 0.80)
- Flood survivors’ shared identity predicts their well-being through expected support months later (similarity 0.79)
- Shared identity can be an outcome of mutual aid, not only its cause (similarity 0.79)
- Emergency services overwhelmed after sudden disasters make mutual aid essential for survival. (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Disaster responders shape survivors’ help-giving through the example they set.
#expands(0.85) — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 135 - Received kindness makes recipients more likely to help others
#exemplifies(0.78) — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 400