Reiners, Marten Luca (2022) Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: An Investigation of Efficacy and Identification as Predictors of Moderate and Radical Collective Action. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The study investigated support for Collective Action, Collective Action intentions and perceived risks of Collective Action behaviors in relation to differing efficacy predictions put forward by the Social Identity Model of Deindividuation Effects (SIDE) and the Nothing-to-lose (NTL) model. Efficacy was differentiated along a group level and an individual, participative level. Additionally, the strength of identification was investigated as different identifiers may display different Collective Action behaviors. The study was conducted via online-survey with students from the University of Groningen as participants. Participants were manipulated along an individual level of participative efficacy trough a constructed personality test, and along the group level efficacy through a fictitious newspaper article in the university newspaper. Evidence was found in support for the NTL account that lower participative efficacy may facilitate radical collective action, as well as an exploratory finding that participative efficacy exerts influence on risk assessment of collective action behaviors. Additionally, identification was found to influence participants support for collective action behaviors). The findings build support for a needed differentiation of efficacy when discussing collective action, as well as the notion that both SIDE and NTL may be more suited to predict moderate and radical collective action behaviors, respectively.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Spears, R. and Greijdanus, H.J.E. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Applied Social Psychology (ASP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Aug 2022 14:05 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Aug 2022 14:05 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1376 |
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