Resistance in Repressive Contexts: A Comprehensive Test of Psychological Predictors

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dc.contributor.authorAyanian, Arin H.
dc.contributor.authorTausch, Nicole
dc.contributor.authorAcar, Yasemin Gulsum
dc.contributor.authorChayinska, Maria
dc.contributor.authorCheung, Wing-Yee
dc.contributor.authorLukyanova, Yulia
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T23:51:24Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T23:51:24Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractEmpirical research on the social psychological antecedents of collective action has been conducted almost exclusively in democratic societies, where activism is relatively safe. The present research examines the psychological predictors of collective action intentions in contexts where resistance is met with significant repression by the authorities. Combining recent advancements in the collective action literature, our model examines the unique predictive roles of emotion (anger and fear), political identity consolidation and participative efficacies, politicized identification, and moral obligation, over and above past participation. It further investigates how these variables are shaped by perceptions of risks attributable to repression. Four survey studies test this model among protesters in Russia (N = 305), Ukraine (N = 136), Hong Kong (N = 115), and Turkey (N = 296). Meta-analytic integration of the findings highlights that, unlike in most current accounts of collective action, protesters in these contexts are not primarily driven by political efficacy. Rather, their involvement is contingent upon beliefs in the ability of protest to build a movement (identity consolidation and participative efficacies) and motivated by outrage at state repression, identification with the social movement, and a sense of moral obligation to act on their behalf. Results also confirm that risks attributable to state repression spur rather than quell resistance by increasing outrage, politicized identification, identity consolidation and participative efficacies, and moral obligation. The implications of these findings for models of collective action and our understanding of the motives underlying engagement in repressive contexts are discussed.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1037/pspi0000285
dc.identifier.eissn1939-1315
dc.identifier.issn0022-3514
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000285
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/94807
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000634593300004
dc.issue.numero4
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final939
dc.pagina.inicio912
dc.revistaJournal of personality and social psychology
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectcollective action
dc.subjectefficacy
dc.subjectmoral obligation
dc.subjectpoliticized identification
dc.subjectrisky contexts
dc.subject.ods10 Reduced Inequality
dc.subject.odspa10 Reducción de las desigualdades
dc.titleResistance in Repressive Contexts: A Comprehensive Test of Psychological Predictors
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen120
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sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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