Risk-taking that signals trust increases social identification

ocial identification predicts many important phenomena; however, its determinants have received comparably little research attention. We argue that people are more likely to socially identify with others who engage in risky behavior that implies trust than with those who act cautiously, and test this in four experiments with over 900 participants. The experiments found support for the hypotheses across diverse risk contexts – specifically, risk of physical injury, disease risk, and financial risk. These findings indicate that others’ risk taking can strengthen shared psychological group membership

Risk-taking facilitates the development of shared social identity by enhancing trust

The aim of this research is to explore the implications of social risk taking behaviour on perceptions of trust and social identity. Therefore, within an investment game paradigm we will experimentally manipulate a confederates' social risk taking behaviour and their explicit trust of the participant to determine if these variables have a causal effect on the participants' perceived shared social identity with the confederate

Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

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