Fear of transnational terrorism, along with a revitalization of sectarian nationalism, is
sundering social and political consensus across the world. Can psychology help? The focus …

Conflict can profoundly affect individuals and their groups. Oftentimes, conflict involves a
clash between one side seeking change and increased gains through victory and the other …

Even though the motivation to feel worthy, to be respected, and to matter to others has been
identified for centuries by scholars, the antecedents, consequences, and conditions of its …

Whether upheld as heroic or reviled as terrorism, people have been willing to lay down their
lives for the sake of their groups throughout history. Why? Previous theories of extreme self …

Football-related violence (hooliganism) is a global problem. Previous work has proposed
that hooliganism is an expression of social maladjustment. Here we test an alternative …

BACKGROUND Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man, published on 24 February 1871, laid
the grounds for scientific studies into human origins and evolution. We look at the advances …

Just a decade ago, two psychologists, Swann, and Gómez, developed a new theoretical
framework to explain extreme pro‐group behaviors: identity fusion theory. Identity fusion …

Violent extremism is often explicitly motivated by commitment to abstract ideals such as the
nation or divine law—so-called “sacred” values that are relatively insensitive to material …

Abstract The contribution by De Dreu and Gross oversimplifies the complexity of the topic. I
provide counterarguments that undermine the two sweeping contentions on which the …

We present a comprehensive identity fusion theory which revises and expands the original
version. As did the original theory, the revision maintains that fusion—a synergistic union of …