Identity and emergency intervention: How social group membership and inclusiveness of group boundaries shape helping behavior

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 443-453

  Levine, Mark ^a,c   Prosser, Amy ^a   Evans, David ^a   Reicher, Stephen ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency intervention; Group membership; Helping; Social identity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; EMERGENCY; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPORT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMERGENCIES; GROUP STRUCTURE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPORTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 15844413405     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204271651     Document Type: Article

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