Attitude toward protest uniquely predicts (normative and nonnormative) political action by (advantaged and disadvantaged) group members

Sweetman, Joseph, Maio, Gregory R., Spears, Russell, Manstead, Anthony S. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7540-2096 and Livingstone, Andrew G. 2019. Attitude toward protest uniquely predicts (normative and nonnormative) political action by (advantaged and disadvantaged) group members. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 82 , pp. 115-128. 10.1016/j.jesp.2019.01.001

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Abstract

We find evidence that explicit (but not implicit) measures of general attitude towards protest uniquely predict normative and nonnormative political action tendencies, and behavior, over and above extant models of political action. Protest attitude uniquely predicts both the political action tendencies of members of disadvantaged groups and willingness to engage in solidarity-based action on behalf of such groups. Furthermore, we find some evidence that protest attitude is able to account for the effects of mobilization messages over a political issue; these messages increase political action tendencies by making attitude towards protest more positive. The results indicate that overall attitude toward protest reflects a wide array of affective, cognitive, and behavioral factors associated with protest that more specific, established predictors of collective political action do not tap. As such, general protest attitude offers an important addition to extant models of collective political action and efforts to examine the psychological processes underpinning political cognition and action.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Additional Information:	This is an open access article under the terms of the CC-BY license.
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0022-1031
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	4 February 2019
Date of Acceptance:	4 January 2019
Last Modified:	02 May 2023 22:08
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/119147

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