Being Positively Moved by Climate Protest Predicts Peaceful Collective Action

Abstract: People can be motivated to engage in collective action for climate protection because they are angry about an injustice or because they are emotionally moved by the idea that they can achieve something together. However, previous research on emotions and collective action has not distinguished between being positively and being negatively moved and between normative and non-normative collective action. To address this gap, we conducted a field study in Germany with activists and non-activists of Fridays for Future (N = 223). Participants reported their appraisals, feelings and intentions related to the climate crisis and the Fridays for Future protests. Being positively moved predicted intentions to engage in normative collective action (signing petitions, participating in demonstrations) but not intentions to participate in non-normative collective action (involving damage to property or risk of personal injury). Being negatively moved did not significantly predict either of these.... https://gep.psychopen.eu/index.php/gep/article/view/11113

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Being Positively Moved by Climate Protest Predicts Peaceful Collective Action ; volume:2 ; day:30 ; month:04 ; year:2024 ; Global environmental psychology ; 2 (30.04.2024)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Landmann, Helen ; Naumann, Jascha

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/gep.11113
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2406080510237.143384219895
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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