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Put your money where your mouth is! Explaining collective action tendencies through group-based anger and efficacy.

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posted on 2023-06-07, 18:47 authored by Martijn van Zomeren, Russell Spears, Agneta H Fischer, Colin Wayne Leach
Insights from appraisal theories of emotion are used to integrate elements of theories on collective action. Three experiments with disadvantaged groups systematically manipulated procedural fairness (Study 1), social opinion support (Study 2) and social action support (Study 3), to examine their effects on collective action tendencies through group-based anger and group efficacy. Results of structural equation modeling showed that procedural fairness and social opinion support affected the group-based anger pathway (reflecting emotion-focused coping), whereas social action support affected the group efficacy pathway (reflecting problem-focused coping), constituting two distinct pathways to collective action tendencies. Analyses of the means suggest that collective action tendencies get stronger the more fellow group members b

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

ISSN

0022-3514

Issue

5

Volume

87

Page range

649-664

Pages

16.0

Department affiliated with

  • Psychology Publications

Notes

Senior author. van Zomeren was Leach's research student.

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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