Identity Fusion: The Interplay of Personal and Social Identities in Extreme Group Behavior

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 995-1011

  Swann Jr , William B ^a   Gómez, Ángel ^b   Seyle, D Conor ^a   Morales, J Francisco ^b   Huici, Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

identity fusion; personal identity; self verification; social identity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDENTITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 65649111579     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013668     Document Type: Article

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