Being Outsiders: How ostracism, populism, social capital and social support affect political participation.
(2014) PSYK01 20132Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- This study investigated how perceived social support may lead ostracised individuals to be more willing to participate in and recommend extreme action against a political cause. Furthermore, it assessed if rejection sensitivity, populism and social capital moderated this effect, and whether these variables are intercorrelated. The participants were asked to read an
article describing the proposal to implement tuition fees in Sweden and were then rejected from a student group concerned in the matter. They were then either included in a new student group were they perceived to have high social support for their opinion in the matter, or included in a group with low social support. They were then asked to indicate how willing they were to... (More) - This study investigated how perceived social support may lead ostracised individuals to be more willing to participate in and recommend extreme action against a political cause. Furthermore, it assessed if rejection sensitivity, populism and social capital moderated this effect, and whether these variables are intercorrelated. The participants were asked to read an
article describing the proposal to implement tuition fees in Sweden and were then rejected from a student group concerned in the matter. They were then either included in a new student group were they perceived to have high social support for their opinion in the matter, or included in a group with low social support. They were then asked to indicate how willing they were to participate and recommend extreme action against the proposition about tuition fees. The results indicated that those who perceived high social support, and also those high on rejection sensitivity were more willing to participate in and recommend extreme action. Furthermore, these effects were moderated by social capital and populism to moderate extent. The study could also establish a significant correlation between populism, social capital and rejection sensitivity. (Less)
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- author
- Taleny, Adrian LU
- supervisor
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- Emma Bäck LU
- organization
- course
- PSYK01 20132
- year
- 2014
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- ostracism, social support, political participation, extremism, populism, social capital, rejection sensitivity
- language
- English
- id
- 4391558
- date added to LUP
- 2014-04-28 10:37:32
- date last changed
- 2014-04-28 10:37:32
@misc{4391558, abstract = {{This study investigated how perceived social support may lead ostracised individuals to be more willing to participate in and recommend extreme action against a political cause. Furthermore, it assessed if rejection sensitivity, populism and social capital moderated this effect, and whether these variables are intercorrelated. The participants were asked to read an article describing the proposal to implement tuition fees in Sweden and were then rejected from a student group concerned in the matter. They were then either included in a new student group were they perceived to have high social support for their opinion in the matter, or included in a group with low social support. They were then asked to indicate how willing they were to participate and recommend extreme action against the proposition about tuition fees. The results indicated that those who perceived high social support, and also those high on rejection sensitivity were more willing to participate in and recommend extreme action. Furthermore, these effects were moderated by social capital and populism to moderate extent. The study could also establish a significant correlation between populism, social capital and rejection sensitivity.}}, author = {{Taleny, Adrian}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Being Outsiders: How ostracism, populism, social capital and social support affect political participation.}}, year = {{2014}}, }