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Identity fusion and its consequences for attitudes and behaviors.

2011/01/D/HS6/02282

Keywords:

identity fusion social identity self-verification radicalization and extremism

Descriptors:

  • HS6_1: General psychology (cognitive processes, emotions, motivations, personality, individual differences), experimental psychology, psycholinguistics
  • HS6_2: Social, political, environmental and intercultural psychology

Panel:

HS6 - Human nature and human society: psychology, pedagogy/education studies, sociology

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Gdański, Wydział Nauk Społecznych

woj. pomorskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Tomasz Besta 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call: SONATA 1 - announced on 2011-03-15

Amount awarded: 76 540 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2011-12-16

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2014-12-15

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Komputer (4 000 PLN)

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  1. What makes a group worth dying for? Identity fusion fosters perception of familial ties, promoting self-sacrifice.
    Authors:
    William B. Swann Jr., Michael D. Buhrmester, Angel Gómez, Jolanda Jetten, Brock Bastian, Alexandra Vázquez, Amarina Ariyanto, Tomasz Besta, Oliver Christ, Lijuan Cui, Gillian Finchilescu, Roberto González, Nobuhiko Goto, Matthew Hornsey, Sushama Sharma, Harry Susianto, Airong Zhang
    Academic press:
    Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (rok: 2014, tom: 106(6), strony: 912-926), Wydawca: American Psychological Association
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1037/a0036089 - link to the publication
  2. Political Extremism, Group Membership, and Personality Traits: Who Accepts Violence?
    Authors:
    Tomasz Besta, Marcin Szulc, Michał Jaśkiewicz
    Academic press:
    Revista de Psicología Social: International Journal of Social Psychology. (rok: 2015, tom: online first, strony: online first), Wydawca: Taylor & Francis Group
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/02134748.2015.1065085 - link to the publication
  3. Readiness to deny group's wrongdoings and willingness to fight for its members: the role of the Poles' identity fusion with the country and religious group.
    Authors:
    Besta Tomasz, Gomez Ángel, Vázquez Alexandra
    Academic press:
    Current Issues in Personality Psychology (rok: 2014, tom: 2(1), strony: 49‒55), Wydawca: Termedia Sp. z o.o.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.5114/cipp.2014.43101 - link to the publication
  4. When membership gives strength to act: Inclusion of the group into the self and feeling of personal agency.
    Authors:
    Besta Tomasz,Mattingly Brent, Błażek Magdalena
    Academic press:
    The Journal of Social Psychology (rok: 2015, tom: online first, strony: 1-18. [Epub ahead of print]), Wydawca: Taylor & Francis Group
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/00224545.2015.1053838 - link to the publication