Deindividuation refers to an altered state of selfawareness
and self-monitoring, which impedes an individual’s
capacity to respond to his/her personal norms
for acceptable behavior, such that they become insufficiently
concerned with the outcomes of their behavior
(Diener, 1979; Hsu & Kuo, 2003). This inability to
inhibit behaviors is often provoked by high arousal
paired with reluctance to take responsibility for one’s
actions (Berlonghi, 1995). This can occur in several
contexts, including aggressive and chaotic social eruptions
such as rioting, impulsive self-serving behaviors
such as vandalism, or less severe acts such as heckling
behaviors (Berlonghi, 1995) by fans within a sporting
event.
