{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7128482090","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2602.08252","title":"Language Predicts Identity Fusion Across Cultures and Reveals Divergent Pathways to Violence","display_name":"Language Predicts Identity Fusion Across Cultures and Reveals Divergent Pathways to Violence","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-02-09","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7128482090","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2602.08252"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2602.08252","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2602.08252","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":"2331-8422","issn":["2331-8422"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},"type":"preprint","indexed_in":["datacite"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2602.08252","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5125579576","display_name":"Devin R. Wright","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wright, Devin R.","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5042500829","display_name":"Justin E. Lane","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8875-8232"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lane, Justin E.","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5125536676","display_name":"F. LeRon Shults","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Shults, F. LeRon","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10994","display_name":"Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence","score":0.3303000032901764,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10994","display_name":"Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence","score":0.3303000032901764,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12488","display_name":"Mental Health via Writing","score":0.07769999653100967,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3207","display_name":"Social Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12892","display_name":"Social Power and Status Dynamics","score":0.04600000008940697,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/identity","display_name":"Identity (music)","score":0.6359999775886536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/metaphor","display_name":"Metaphor","score":0.5393000245094299},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cognition","display_name":"Cognition","score":0.5232999920845032},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ideology","display_name":"Ideology","score":0.4246000051498413},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/frame","display_name":"Frame (networking)","score":0.36390000581741333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/politics","display_name":"Politics","score":0.32260000705718994},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/identity-politics","display_name":"Identity politics","score":0.30979999899864197}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778355321","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17079427","display_name":"Identity (music)","level":2,"score":0.6359999775886536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778311575","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18534","display_name":"Metaphor","level":2,"score":0.5393000245094299},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.536899983882904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169900460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2200417","display_name":"Cognition","level":2,"score":0.5232999920845032},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.4722000062465668},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158071213","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7257","display_name":"Ideology","level":3,"score":0.4246000051498413},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180747234","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23373","display_name":"Cognitive psychology","level":1,"score":0.3865000009536743},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126042441","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1324888","display_name":"Frame (networking)","level":2,"score":0.36390000581741333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.35409998893737793},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.35359999537467957},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.32260000705718994},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.3100999891757965},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778348292","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2914650","display_name":"Identity politics","level":3,"score":0.30979999899864197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94124525","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q912550","display_name":"Categorization","level":2,"score":0.29580000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158525013","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2593739","display_name":"Fusion","level":2,"score":0.29170000553131104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47188148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2254571","display_name":"Personal identity","level":3,"score":0.28119999170303345},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.27730000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144348335","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171318","display_name":"Kinship","level":2,"score":0.274399995803833},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188147891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147638","display_name":"Cognitive science","level":1,"score":0.267300009727478},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779304628","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3503480","display_name":"Face (sociological concept)","level":2,"score":0.2655999958515167},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151915780","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5146163","display_name":"Collective identity","level":3,"score":0.25859999656677246}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2602.08252","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2602.08252","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":"2331-8422","issn":["2331-8422"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":null,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2602.08252","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2602.08252","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":"2331-8422","issn":["2331-8422"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.46614813804626465,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"light":[1],"of":[2,12,90,103,111],"increasing":[3],"polarization":[4],"and":[5,46,60,114,122],"political":[6],"violence,":[7],"understanding":[8],"the":[9,32,57,99],"psychological":[10],"roots":[11],"extremism":[13,123],"is":[14],"increasingly":[15],"important.":[16],"Prior":[17],"research":[18,121],"shows":[19],"that":[20,40],"identity":[21,112],"fusion":[22,51,70,113,120],"predicts":[23],"willingness":[24],"to":[25,49,73,80,85],"engage":[26],"in":[27,67,88,101],"extreme":[28],"acts.":[29],"We":[30],"evaluate":[31],"Cognitive":[33],"Linguistic":[34],"Identity":[35],"Fusion":[36],"Score,":[37],"a":[38,116],"method":[39],"uses":[41],"cognitive":[42],"linguistic":[43],"patterns,":[44],"LLMs,":[45],"implicit":[47],"metaphor":[48],"measure":[50],"from":[52,56],"language.":[53],"Across":[54],"datasets":[55],"United":[58],"Kingdom":[59],"Singapore,":[61],"this":[62],"approach":[63],"outperforms":[64],"existing":[65],"methods":[66],"predicting":[68],"validated":[69],"scores.":[71],"Applied":[72],"extremist":[74],"manifestos,":[75],"two":[76],"distinct":[77],"high-fusion":[78],"pathways":[79],"violence":[81],"emerge:":[82],"ideologues":[83],"tend":[84],"frame":[86,98],"themselves":[87],"terms":[89,102],"group,":[91],"forming":[92],"kinship":[93],"bonds;":[94],"whereas":[95],"grievance-driven":[96],"individuals":[97],"group":[100],"their":[104],"personal":[105],"identity.":[106],"These":[107],"results":[108],"refine":[109],"theories":[110],"provide":[115],"scalable":[117],"tool":[118],"aiding":[119],"detection.":[124]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-28T07:46:37.118299","created_date":"2026-02-11T00:00:00"}