Internalized equality and protest against injustice: The role of disadvantaged group members’ self‐respect in collective action tendencies

Recent research shows that self‐respect (defined as seeing yourself as a person with equal rights) predicts assertive but not aggressive responses to injustice in interpersonal contexts. The present research focuses on the antecedents of self‐respect and its consequences for collective action tenden...

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Published in:European journal of social psychology Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 547 - 560
Main Authors: Renger, Daniela, Eschert, Silke, Teichgräber, Mimke L., Renger, Sophus
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Bognor Regis Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.04.2020
Subjects:
At risk populations
Collective action
Cooperation
Disadvantaged
Discrimination
Equal rights
Equality
equality‐based respect
Gender inequality
Group identity
Injustice
Intergroup relations
Internalization
Justice
Minority groups
Muslims
non‐normative collective action
normative collective action
self‐respect
social injustice
Women
ISSN:0046-2772, 1099-0992
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Summary:Recent research shows that self‐respect (defined as seeing yourself as a person with equal rights) predicts assertive but not aggressive responses to injustice in interpersonal contexts. The present research focuses on the antecedents of self‐respect and its consequences for collective action tendencies among members of disadvantaged groups. Across three studies (N = 227, N = 454, N = 131) using different contexts and samples (discrimination of Muslims in Germany; women regarding gender inequality), experiences with equality‐based respect (defined as being treated as someone of equal worth) predicted self‐respect. Moreover, across all three studies, self‐respect predicted intentions for cooperative or normative but not support for hostile or non‐normative protest. The results demonstrate the potential of self‐respect for facilitating collective action in the face of injustice while still enabling positive intergroup relations.
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ISSN:0046-2772
1099-0992
DOI:10.1002/ejsp.2637