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ArticleThe British journal of social psychology2022

Strongly fused individuals feel viscerally responsible to self-sacrifice.

Juana Chinchilla, Alexandra Vázquez, Ángel Gómez

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Article in The British journal of social psychology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Juana ChinchillaUniversidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1606-5151
Alexandra VázquezUniversidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, Spain.
Ángel GómezUniversidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, Spain.

Funding

Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities RTI2018-093550-B-I00Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities RTI2018-098576-A-I00
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Identity fusion is a visceral feeling of oneness that predicts extreme behaviour on behalf of the target of fusion. We propose that strongly fused individuals are characterized by feelings of visceral responsibility towards such target - unconditional, instinctive, and impulsive drive to care, protect and promote its well-being and interests - that motivates them to self-sacrifice. Two studies offered initial support when the target of fusion is an individual or a group (Studies 1a-1b). A final study added causal evidence that strongly fused learning that most ingroup members did not feel visceral responsibility towards the group expressed less willingness to self-sacrifice than those learning that ingroup members display high levels of visceral responsibility (Study 2). These findings offer novel evidence for the mechanisms underlying the effects of fusion on extreme behaviour on behalf of the target of fusion and the attenuation of its consequences.

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EmotionsAltruismHumanscare ethicsextreme behaviouridentity fusionprosocial behaviour

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PMID35166395
PMCPMC9790423

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