Identity and Emergency Intervention: How Social Group Membership and Inclusiveness of Group Boundaries Shape Helping Behavior Export

@article{citeulike:4503214, abstract = {Two experiments exploring the effects of social category membership on real-life helping behavior are reported. In Study 1, intergroup rivalries between soccer fans are used to examine the role of identity in emergency helping. An injured stranger wearing an in-group team shirt is more likely to be helped than when wearing a rival team shirt or an unbranded sports shirt. In Study 2, a more inclusive social categorization is made salient for potential helpers. Helping is extended to those who were previously identified as out-group members but not to those who do not display signs of group membership. Taken together, the studies show the importance of both shared identity between bystander and victim and the inclusiveness of salient identity for increasing the likelihood of emergency intervention}, author = {Levine, Mark and Prosser, Amy and Evans, David and Reicher, Stephen}, citeulike-article-id = {4503214}, journal = {Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.}, keywords = {community-response, crisis-response, disaster-response, is366c}, month = {April}, pages = {443--453}, posted-at = {2009-05-11 18:39:02}, priority = {0}, title = {Identity and Emergency Intervention: How Social Group Membership and Inclusiveness of Group Boundaries Shape Helping Behavior}, volume = {31}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4503214 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4503214 N2 - Two experiments exploring the effects of social category membership on real-life helping behavior are reported. In Study 1, intergroup rivalries between soccer fans are used to examine the role of identity in emergency helping. An injured stranger wearing an in-group team shirt is more likely to be helped than when wearing a rival team shirt or an unbranded sports shirt. In Study 2, a more inclusive social categorization is made salient for potential helpers. Helping is extended to those who were previously identified as out-group members but not to those who do not display signs of group membership. Taken together, the studies show the importance of both shared identity between bystander and victim and the inclusiveness of salient identity for increasing the likelihood of emergency intervention JF - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. EP - 453 TI - Identity and Emergency Intervention: How Social Group Membership and Inclusiveness of Group Boundaries Shape Helping Behavior VL - 31 SP - 443 KW - community-response KW - crisis-response KW - disaster-response KW - is366c AU - Levine, Mark AU - Prosser, Amy AU - Evans, David AU - Reicher, Stephen PY - 2005/04// ER -