But pro-Russia groups have speculated that friendly fire might have killed the soldiers in a case of mistaken identity after reinforcements were called in during the rebel attack.
Developing a pro-social identity, positive social reinforcement from community members, and cognitive dissonance associated with continued risk behavior, can influence motivation and self-efficacy for risk reduction [ 41].
Denials about motivations, as well as repeated reinforcements of beliefs and religious rituals are the main way the identity becomes reinforced and so that we can continue to believe what we want.
Theoretical explanations of risk reduction among peer interventionists have included cognitive consistency, social identity theory, and social reinforcement [ 27, 41– 41].
Impacts include a modern image, reinforcement of cultural identity, prestige, social inclusion/exclusion, environmental quality, and physical transformations such as pedestrianisation and 'greening' the city.
Loyalty to a particular object is forfeited that is, its claims for the protection and reinforcement of associative identity and commitment run out when the object shows itself to be no longer capable of being a source of associational satisfaction or identity-giving significance.
Mr Clarke's report highlighted a "disconcerting pattern" in the schools, including nepotism in staff appointments, bullying of senior teachers, a "strategy of harassment to oust the head teacher" and the "reinforcement of Muslim identity to the exclusion or disparagement of others".
Most importantly, our findings provide new evidence that reinforcement of SC identity and positional fate is critical for angiogenesis and implicate Hlx1 in this process.
Furthermore, to explore the influence of the cultural context in explaining consistent condom use, guided by TPB, we included measures related to the cultural and traditional belief system of ITMC as a part of a rite of passage from boyhood to adulthood in rural areas of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, that also contributes to the reinforcement of ethnic identity.
When men engage in the coercive micro-regulation of their partners' lives, which Stark terms 'coercive control', this 'affords benefits that can be measured in increments of resources garnered, personal service, sexual exclusivity and subjective reinforcement of gender identity' (Stark 2010, 207).
In recent years, he says, "playgrounds and classrooms have endured unprecedented interference in the form of official racist-incident reporting, training on the importance of racial etiquette, and reinforcement of racial identities".
