When Group Membership Gets Personal: A Theory of Identity Fusion
When Group Membership Gets Personal: A Theory of Identity Fusion
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DOI：
10.1037/a0028589
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发表时间：
2012-07-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Bastian, Brock
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作者：
Swann, William B., Jr.;Jetten, Jolanda;Bastian, Brock
身份融合是一种相对未被探索的与群体结盟的形式，它需要一种与群体合一的内在感觉。这种感觉与个人和社会自我之间异常多孔、高度渗透的边界有关。这些多孔的边界鼓励人们将他们的个人能动性引导到群体行为中，提高了个人和社会自我协同联合收割机激发亲群体行为的可能性。此外，高度融合的人所拥有的强烈的个人和社会身份使他们不仅将其他群体成员视为群体成员，而且还将其视为独特的个体，从而促进了群体内强有力的关系和集体联系的发展。在本地融合中，人们与相对较小的群体成员建立关系联系（例如，家庭或工作团队）与他们有私人关系。在扩展融合中，人们将关系纽带投射到由许多个体组成的相对较大的集体上，这些个体可能与他们没有个人关系。研究文献表明，融合的措施是极端亲团体行为的异常强有力的预测。此外，融合效应通过增强个体能动性而被放大，无论是直接的（通过增加生理唤醒）还是间接的（通过激活个人或社会身份）。融合对亲群体行为的影响是由觉醒和刀枪不入的感知介导的。身份融合的可能原因，从相对较远的，进化和文化的影响，更近的，上下文的影响进行了讨论。最后，影响和未来的方向被认为是。
Identity fusion is a relatively unexplored form of alignment with groups that entails a visceral feeling of oneness with the group. This feeling is associated with unusually porous, highly permeable borders between the personal and social self. These porous borders encourage people to channel their personal agency into group behavior, raising the possibility that the personal and social self will combine synergistically to motivate pro-group behavior. Furthermore, the strong personal as well as social identities possessed by highly fused persons cause them to recognize other group members not merely as members of the group but also as unique individuals, prompting the development of strong relational as well as collective ties within the group. In local fusion, people develop relational ties to members of relatively small groups (e.g., families or work teams) with whom they have personal relationships. In extended fusion, people project relational ties onto relatively large collectives composed of many individuals with whom they may have no personal relationships. The research literature indicates that measures of fusion are exceptionally strong predictors of extreme pro-group behavior. Moreover, fusion effects are amplified by augmenting individual agency, either directly (by increasing physiological arousal) or indirectly (by activating personal or social identities). The effects of fusion on pro-group actions are mediated by perceptions of arousal and invulnerability. Possible causes of identity fusion ranging from relatively distal, evolutionary, and cultural influences to more proximal, contextual influences are discussed. Finally, implications and future directions are considered.