Cited by 352Disaster Management and ResilienceLeadership, Courage, and Heroism StudiesSocial and Intergroup Psychology

The Nature of Collective Resilience: Survivor Reactions to the 2005 London Bombings

Open access
Drury, John, Cocking, Chris, Reicher, Steve·2009·International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters

Abstract

Accounts from over 90 survivors and 56 witnesses of the 2005 London bombings were analysed to determine the relative prevalence of mass behaviors associated with either psychosocial vulnerability (e.g. ‘selfishness’, mass panic) or collective resilience (e.g. help, unity). ‘Selfish’ behaviors were found to be rare; mutual helping was more common. There is evidence for (a) a perceived continued danger of death after the explosions; (b) a sense of unity amongst at least some survivors, arising from this perceived danger; (c) a link between this sense of unity and helping; and (d) risk-taking to help strangers. We suggest a novel explanation for this evidence of ‘collective resilience’, based on self-categorization theory, according to which common fate entails a redefinition of self (from ‘me’ to ‘us’) and hence enhanced concern for others in the crowd.

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1177/028072700902700104

Cites

71 of 71 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Claims the paper makes

We couldn’t retrieve this paper’s full text, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Drury, J., Cocking, C., & Reicher, S.
Affiliations
  • University of Sussex (GB)
  • London Metropolitan University (GB)
  • University of St Andrews, UK
Venue
International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters
Published
2009-03
Volume
27
Issue
1
Pages
66-95
ISSN
  • 0280-7270 (ISSN-L)
  • 2753-5703
OpenAlex
W1489052250
Cited by
352
References
71
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 38 · 2021: 39 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 30 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 22 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 7
FWCI
25.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters (publishedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Keywords
collective resilience, 2005 London bombings, mass panic, self-categorization theory, common fate, threat perception, social cohesion, risk-taking, bystander behavior, psychosocial vulnerability

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review