Constructing an ‘emotional community’ in times of crisis: the EU’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022

Gürkan, Seda

doi:10.1080/07036337.2024.2360703

Journal of European Integration

2024

DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2024.2360703

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Constructing an ‘emotional community’ in times of crisis: the EU’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022

Seda Gürkan

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Supporting Ukrainian refugees: Examining intergroup contact, empathy and European identity in promoting helping behaviours

Destro,

Rullo,

Telesca

et al. 2024

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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The escalation of the Russian–Ukrainian conflict has forced many Ukrainian people to leave their country seeking safety and support. To date, more than 6 million of refugees have crossed the borders into neighbouring countries. Nearly all European countries were involved in refugee‐hosting, including Italy. In a cross‐sectional study with Italian respondents (N = 338), we examined direct contact with and empathy towards Ukrainians and identification with Europe as predictors of helping behaviours towards Ukrainian refugees. Specifically, based on intergroup contact theory, we expected contact to be associated with helping behaviours via increased empathy. The European identity, rooted in values such as tolerance and egalitarianism can be seen as a common ingroup that includes people from various European countries, including Ukrainians. Consequently, it should be associated with helping behaviours, and could boost the effects of contact and empathy. As hypothesised, identification with Europe boosted the direct effect of contact on helping behaviours. Instead, the indirect effect of contact on helping behaviours via empathy was significant only among respondents with low Identification with Europe. This research highlights processes related to intergroup helping behaviours and, more specifically, participation in humanitarian initiatives favouring Ukrainian refugees. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.

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Supporting Ukrainian refugees: Examining intergroup contact, empathy and European identity in promoting helping behaviours

Destro,

Rullo,

Telesca

et al. 2024

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Political psychology of emotions in European Union foreign policy in times of ontological (in)security and crisis

Manners

2024

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Emotions in EU foreign policy – when and how do they matter?

Gürkan,

Terzi

2024

Journal of European Integration

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Constructing an ‘emotional community’ in times of crisis: the EU’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022

Cited by 5 publications

References 46 publications

Supporting Ukrainian refugees: Examining intergroup contact, empathy and European identity in promoting helping behaviours

Supporting Ukrainian refugees: Examining intergroup contact, empathy and European identity in promoting helping behaviours

Political psychology of emotions in European Union foreign policy in times of ontological (in)security and crisis

Emotions in EU foreign policy – when and how do they matter?

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