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| author |
Maria Reidy
| | title |
Collective Identity and a Warming Planet: Exploring the Motivations Behind Climate Change Activism
| | abstract |
This study investigated the relevant group identities and predictors of normative and non-
normative forms of climate change activism and the role of inter-movement spillover of the
Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Data was collected from climate change activists' and
non-activists' responses to a questionnaire. Participants identified humans in general as an
important group impacted by climate change, supporting one of the hypotheses. Further,
different predictors motivated different kinds of collective action. Self identification as an
activist, climate change beliefs and moral convictions, identification with impacted groups,
efficacy and negative affect predicted engagement in low cost normative collective action. Self
identification as an activist, obligation and efficacy predicted engagement in moderate cost
normative collective action. Self identity as an activist, identification with activist groups and
negative affect predicted low cost non-normative forms of collective action. Further,
identification with opposition groups, negative affect and familiarity with BLM predicted
engagement in high cost non-normative action. This study provides a critique to theories that
focus on identification with specific ingroups and collective action, and provides evidence of
inter-movement spillover effect between BLM and climate change activism.
| | school |
The College of Liberal Arts, Drew University
| | degree |
B.A. (2021)
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| advisor |
G. Scott Morgan
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| full text | MReidy.pdf |
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