Protest behavior: Individual and group factors

• Main Authors: Agadullina E.R., Lovakov A.V.
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Moscow State University of Psychology and Education 2014-12-01
• Series: Современная зарубежная психология
• Subjects: emotions; social identity; self-efficacy; out-group; protest behavior
• Online Access: http://psyjournals.ru/files/65502/jmfp_2013_4_n10_Agadullina.pdf

Normative and nonnormative collective actions are the consequence of differences in estimation of political situation. The article regards the predictors in selection of normative (participation in meetings, signing petitions, etc.) vs. nonnormative (strike, violent actions, etc.) forms of protest behavior (perception of unfairness, self-efficacy, social identity, ideas of out-group). The carried out analysis showed that high self-efficacy, idea of out-group members as equal participants of interaction and experiencing of emotion of anger lead to the choice of various normative protest behavior. Low self-efficacy, steady social identity (including politicized identity), experiencing the emotion of contempt to out-group members often lead to choice of nonnormative forms. In conclusion the article regards the link of various predictors with the choice of individual and group forms of protest and analyzes the possible directions for further empirical studies.