Journal article
Aligning identities, emotions, and beliefs to create commitment to sustainable social and political action
Personality and Social Psychology Review, Vol.13(3), pp.194-218
2009
Abstract
In this article the authors explore the social psychological processes underpinning sustainable commitment to a social or political cause. Drawing on recent developments in the collective action, identity formation, and social norm literatures, they advance a new model to understand sustainable commitment to action. The normative alignment model suggests that one solution to promoting ongoing commitment to collective action lies in crafting a social identity with a relevant pattern of norms for emotion, efficacy, and action. Rather than viewing group emotion, collective efficacy, and action as group products, the authors conceptualize norms about these as contributing to a dynamic system of meaning, which can shape ongoing commitment to a cause. By exploring emotion, efficacy, and action as group norms, it allows scholars to reenergize the theoretical connections between collective identification and subjective meaning but also allows for a fresh perspective on complex questions of causality.
Details
- Title
- Aligning identities, emotions, and beliefs to create commitment to sustainable social and political action
- Authors/Creators
- E.F. Thomas (Author/Creator)C. McGarty (Author/Creator)K.I. Mavor (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Personality and Social Psychology Review, Vol.13(3), pp.194-218
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 25
- Identifiers
- 991005540480107891
- Copyright
- Society for Personality and Social Psychology
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Psychology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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