Group belongingness and collective action: Effects of need to belong and rejection sensitivity on willingness to participate in protest activities

2015 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 537-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma A. Bäck ◽  
Hanna Bäck ◽  
Holly M. Knapton
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Rejection Sensitivity ◽  
Need To Belong ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Action Effects ◽  
Group Belongingness

scholarly journals Rejection Sensitivity and Borderline Personality Disorder Features: The Mediating Roles of Attachment Anxiety, Need to Belong, and Self-Criticism

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Momoko Sato ◽  
Peter Fonagy ◽  
Patrick Luyten
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Rejection Sensitivity ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Need To Belong ◽  
The Core ◽  
Developmental Mechanisms ◽  
Core Feature ◽  
High Rejection

Rejection hypersensitivity has been considered the core feature of patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). However, little is known about the possible developmental mechanisms that might explain the association between rejection sensitivity and BPD features. The current study investigated the mediating roles of adult attachment, need to belong, and self-criticism in the association between rejection sensitivity and BPD features in 256 healthy adults. Results indicated that attachment anxiety, need to belong, and self-criticism mediated the association between rejection sensitivity and BPD features. However, attachment anxiety and self-criticism did not moderate the mediated association between rejection sensitivity and BPD features. The findings suggest that individuals with high rejection sensitivity are more likely to be anxiously attached to significant others, which might increase the desire to be accepted by others. To satisfy this elevated need to affiliate with others, these individuals might become more self-critical, which may contribute to high BPD features.

scholarly journals Online discussion and the moral pathway to identity politicization and collective action

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Augusta Isabella Alberici ◽  
Patrizia Milesi
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Moral Obligation ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Online Discussions ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Intention To Participate ◽  
Communication Context ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Psychosocial Processes

Research on the mobilizing potential of the Internet has produced some controversy between optimistic vs. skeptical perspectives. Although some attention has been paid to the effects of online discussions on collective participation, very little is known about how people’s experience of online interactions affects the key psychosocial predictors of collective action. The present research investigated whether use of the Internet as a channel for deliberation influenced the moral pathway to collective mobilization by shaping users’ politicized identity, thereby indirectly influencing collective action. Results showed that when people perceived online discussions as a constructive communication context, their politicized identity was imbued with the meaning of responding to a moral obligation, and willingness to participate in collective action was sustained. However, when participants perceived that online discussions were not constructive, their identification with the movement did not refer to moral obligation, and intention to participate in collective action was not sustained. Our discussion focuses on the need to deepen investigation of how people experience the particularities of interacting online, and on how this can affect psychosocial processes leading to collective action.

Are White Women Showing Up for Racial Justice? Intergroup Contact, Closeness to People Targeted by Prejudice, and Collective Action

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda R. Tropp ◽  
Özden Melis Uluğ
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Women Of Color ◽  
White Women ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Racial Justice ◽  
White American ◽  
Positive Contact ◽  
White American Women ◽  
Justice Studies

Although scholars have suggested that relationships with people of color can enhance White people’s commitment to racial justice, many women of color have questioned whether White people, and White women in particular, actually “show up” to protest for racial justice. Focusing on the contact experiences and closeness White women have with people from racial and ethnic groups different from their own, we tested how these relationships may predict their reported motivations to engage in protests for racial justice. With a broad online sample of White American women (Study 1), and White women who attended the 2017 Women’s March (Study 2), our results showed that both positive contact and closeness to people targeted by prejudice predicted White women’s willingness to participate in protests for racial justice (Studies 1 and 2). Only closeness to people targeted by prejudice significantly predicted actual participation in collective action for racial justice (Studies 1 and 2) and also predicted motivation for racial justice among those who attended the 2017 Women’s March (Study 2). Findings suggest that White women’s inclinations to protest for racial justice may be linked to the close relationships they have with people targeted by prejudice, while more general forms of positive contact may not be related to such action. Additional online materials for this article are available on PWQ ’s website at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/10.1177/0361684319840269 . Online slides for instructors who want to use this article for teaching are available on PWQ' s website at http://journals.sagepub.com/page/pwq/suppl/index

Science through a tribal lens: A group-based account of polarization over scientific facts

2021 ◽  
pp. 136843022110503
Author(s):  
Angelo Fasce ◽  
Jesús Adrián-Ventura ◽  
Stephan Lewandowsky ◽  
Sander van der Linden
Keyword(s):  
Group Processes ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Perceived Threat ◽  
Need To Belong ◽  
General Applicability ◽  
Intergroup Anxiety ◽  
Scientific Facts ◽  
Group Belongingness ◽  
Outgroup Derogation ◽  
Threat Theory

Previous research has confirmed the prominent role of group processes in the promotion and endorsement of disinformation. We report three studies on a psychological framework derived from integrated threat theory—a psychological theory which describes how perceived threat leads to group polarization and prejudice—composed of the following constructs: group belongingness, perceived threat, outgroup derogation, and intergroup anxiety. Our pilot study suggested that need to belong and intergroup anxiety predict antiscientific beliefs (pseudoscientific, paranormal, and conspiracy theories), thus justifying the general applicability of integrated threat theory. Study 1 investigates the transition from weak to strong critical thinking regarding pseudoscientific doctrines. Besides greater outgroup derogation and perceived threats among strong critical thinkers, the model does not perform well in this context. Study 2 focuses on the intergroup conflict around anthropogenic global warming, revealing the strong predictive power of the model. These results are discussed in relation to the distinctive psychological profiles of science acceptance and rejection.

scholarly journals History of abuse and risky sex among substance users: The role of rejection sensitivity and the need to belong

2016 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 73-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Woerner ◽  
Catalina Kopetz ◽  
William V. Lechner ◽  
Carl Lejuez
Keyword(s):  
Rejection Sensitivity ◽  
Risky Sex ◽  
Need To Belong ◽  
Substance Users ◽  
History Of
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