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Exploring the pathways between transformative group experiences and identity fusion
- Abstract:
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A growing body of evidence suggests that two distinct forms of group alignment are possible: identification and fusion (the former asserts that group and personal identity are distinct, while the latter asserts group and personal identities are functionally equivalent and mutually reinforcing). Among highly fused individuals, group identity taps directly into personal agency and so any attack on the group is perceived as a personal attack and motivates a willingness to fight and possibly even...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Frontiers Media Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Frontiers in Psychology Journal website
- Volume:
- 11
- Article number:
- 1172
- Publication date:
- 2020-06-03
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-05-06
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1664-1078
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1103970
- Local pid:
- pubs:1103970
- Deposit date:
- 2020-05-11
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- Copyright holder:
- Kavanagh, CM et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- © 2020 Kavanagh, Kapitány, Putra and Whitehouse. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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