Protest activity, social incentives, and rejection sensitivity: Results from a survey experiment about tuition fees
Bäck, Emma LU ; Bäck, Hanna LU
and Garcia-Albacete, Gema
(2013)
In Contention: The multidisciplinary journal of social protest
1(1).
p.1-15
- Abstract
- People may engage in protest activity either because of collective incentives or selective
incentives, or a combination of them. In this study we focus on the selective incentives part
of the calculus of political participation, particularly the impact of the social dimension.
We hypothesize that people will participate in demonstrations or other forms of protest,
to a higher extent if they are afraid of rejection, but only if they feel that they have high
social support for their own position. This hypothesis was supported in an online survey
experiment where social support was manipulated. Results also revealed that individuals
who were highly rejection sensitive were... (More) - People may engage in protest activity either because of collective incentives or selective
incentives, or a combination of them. In this study we focus on the selective incentives part
of the calculus of political participation, particularly the impact of the social dimension.
We hypothesize that people will participate in demonstrations or other forms of protest,
to a higher extent if they are afraid of rejection, but only if they feel that they have high
social support for their own position. This hypothesis was supported in an online survey
experiment where social support was manipulated. Results also revealed that individuals
who were highly rejection sensitive were among the most likely to participate even though
they did not believe protest activity to be an efficient way to bring about social change.
This supports the notion that some individuals tend to engage in protest activity for
purely social reasons. However it is still unclear whether these individuals are driven
by an approach motivation to establish new social bonds or an avoidance motivation to
escape possible social rejection. (Less)
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- author
- Bäck, Emma
LU
; Bäck, Hanna
LU
and Garcia-Albacete, Gema
- organization
- publishing date
- 2013
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Political participation, protest activity, social Incentives, rejection sensitivity
- in
- Contention: The multidisciplinary journal of social protest
- volume
- 1
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 1 - 15
- publisher
- Punctum Books
- ISSN
- 2330-1392
- project
- Extreme Activism? Psychological Determinants of Protest Behavior
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 1fde0363-2b3c-4af0-bdd5-91ccf25ac797 (old id 4113821)
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abstract = {{People may engage in protest activity either because of collective incentives or selective <br/><br>
incentives, or a combination of them. In this study we focus on the selective incentives part <br/><br>
of the calculus of political participation, particularly the impact of the social dimension. <br/><br>
We hypothesize that people will participate in demonstrations or other forms of protest, <br/><br>
to a higher extent if they are afraid of rejection, but only if they feel that they have high <br/><br>
social support for their own position. This hypothesis was supported in an online survey <br/><br>
experiment where social support was manipulated. Results also revealed that individuals <br/><br>
who were highly rejection sensitive were among the most likely to participate even though <br/><br>
they did not believe protest activity to be an efficient way to bring about social change. <br/><br>
This supports the notion that some individuals tend to engage in protest activity for <br/><br>
purely social reasons. However it is still unclear whether these individuals are driven <br/><br>
by an approach motivation to establish new social bonds or an avoidance motivation to <br/><br>
escape possible social rejection.}},
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series = {{Contention: The multidisciplinary journal of social protest}},
title = {{Protest activity, social incentives, and rejection sensitivity: Results from a survey experiment about tuition fees}},
url = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/4238342/4124247.pdf}},
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