Klein Jack W, Bastian Brock, Odjidja Emmanuel N, Ayaluri Samhita S, Kavanagh Christopher M, Mala Alimudin M, Whitehouse Harvey
Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong.
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Commun Psychol. 2025 Aug 15;3(1):124. doi: 10.1038/s44271-025-00303-9.
Identity fusion - a construct that captures extreme ingroup commitment - has traditionally been associated with intergroup violence. However, recent research suggests that identity fusion is also associated with feelings of security that promote intergroup interactions. This apparent contradiction was explored by examining moderators of the relationship between identity fusion and positive intergroup relations across two studies. Study 1, a pre-registered study on intergroup relations in the turbulent Bangsamoro region of the Philippines (N = 816), found that identity fusion was positively associated with outgroup trust when the outgroup was perceived positively. Study 2 (N = 1576) replicated these results across Gambia (n = 236), Pakistan (n = 505), Tanzania (n = 337), and Uganda (n = 498), while also finding that perceptions of the relationship itself (e.g., whether cooperation was judged beneficial to the ingroup) similarly moderated the effect of identity fusion on willingness to cooperate. These results suggest that identity fusion can have positive consequences for intergroup relations, depending on contextual perceptions.
身份认同融合——一种体现极端内群体忠诚的概念——传统上一直与群体间暴力相关联。然而，最近的研究表明，身份认同融合也与促进群体间互动的安全感有关。通过两项研究考察身份认同融合与积极群体间关系之间关系的调节因素，探讨了这一明显的矛盾。研究1是一项关于菲律宾动荡的棉兰老穆斯林自治区群体间关系的预注册研究（N = 816），发现当外群体被积极看待时，身份认同融合与对外群体的信任呈正相关。研究2（N = 1576）在冈比亚（n = 236）、巴基斯坦（n = 505）、坦桑尼亚（n = 337）和乌干达（n = 498）重复了这些结果，同时还发现对关系本身的认知（例如，合作是否被认为对内群体有益）同样调节了身份认同融合对合作意愿的影响。这些结果表明，根据情境认知，身份认同融合可能对群体间关系产生积极影响。
