Holst, Madelief, van (2026) The Effects of Emergency Context on Shared Social Identity and Perceived Emotions. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Groups can emerge during disasters or emergencies. Research indicates that these emergent groups have a shared social identity. In the current study, the relationship between emergent groups in emergency contexts and the development of a shared social identity through measures of common fate and solidarity was investigated, through an observer’s perspective. Additionally, the role of perceived emotions in these emergent groups was considered. An experimental between-subjects research design (N = 69) in the form of a questionnaire with an emergency and a non-emergency condition was employed. Participants viewed a video of an emergent group in either an emergency or non-emergency situation, and rated common fate, solidarity and emotions based on what they had observed in the video. It was hypothesized that ratings of observed common fate and solidarity would be higher in the emergency condition, compared to the non-emergency condition. Additionally, it was hypothesized that ratings of perceived emotions would be higher in the emergency condition, compared to the non-emergency condition. Results showed that common fate and solidarity were not rated significantly higher by observers in the emergency condition compared to the non-emergency condition. Anxious and uncertain emotions were rated significantly higher in the emergency condition, compared to the non-emergency condition. The results are relevant for researchers in the social psychology and sociology fields, and for the construction of emergency management plans. Future research should be conducted to further determine the effects of emergency context on shared social identity and emotions in emergent groups.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Willemsen, L.J. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Feb 2026 07:29 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Feb 2026 07:29 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/6130 |
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