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“Shared suffering and hazing rituals create group bonding -- Aronson and Mills (1959) showed people who underwent severe initiation valued the group more highly.”

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Aronson & Mills (1959), Effect of Severity of Initiation on Liking for a Group, JPSP 59DOI registry: valid

Participants who underwent severe initiation rated a boring group more positively than those with mild initiation.

Cimino (2022), Does Hazing Actually Increase Group Solidarity?, Evolution and Human Behaviorpaywalled — manual check queued

Using long-term fraternity access, there was almost no connection between hazing severity and cohesion among members.

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