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 …

Highlights•Rituals are meaningful actions marked by rigidity, formality, and repetition.•Group
rituals promote cognitive, affective, and behavioral group commitment.•Group rituals not only …

Over the past decade, there has been an increasing interest in the relationship between
participation in collective gatherings and rituals and different important psychosocial …

The psychological mechanisms that lead terrorists to make costly sacrifices for their
ideological convictions are of great theoretical and practical importance. We investigate two …

The increasing popularity of pilgrimage at the Camino de Santiago is one of the most
interesting developments in terms of religion and spirituality in the Western world. Based on …

Identity fusion is a visceral feeling of oneness with a group, known to strongly motivate
extreme pro‐group behaviour. However, the evidence on its causes is currently limited …

Disarmament of non-state groups during peace processes is rarely comprehensive and
weapons usually continue to circulate. Nevertheless, disarmament is a normal component of …

It is a common assumption that human behavior is guided by a desire to feel safe and avoid
harm. However, this view is challenged by the popularity of high-risk leisure sport and other …

Abstract The Camino de Santiago pilgrimage is an extraordinary endeavour that tends to
trigger exceptional human experiences. Following our previous investigation of this topic, we …

The geranos dance, which imitated Theseus' mimetic replication of the labyrinth's winding
passages, was the central component of an annual theōric delegation dispatched to Delos …