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Perceptions of intolerant norms both facilitate and inhibit collective action among sexual minorities
Eisner,Leila Settersten,Richard Turner-Zwinkels,Felicity Hassler,Tabea
Eisner,Leila
Settersten,Richard
Turner-Zwinkels,Felicity
Hassler,Tabea
Abstract
This article presents the results of three studies that examine how the perceived opinions of others are related to sexual minorities' support for social change toward greater equality. Results of two cross-sectional studies (Study 1: N = 1,220; Study 2: N = 904) reveal that perceived intolerance (i.e., perceived intolerant societal norms) is indirectly related to intentions to engage in collective action in both negative and positive ways: the negative effect was mediated by lower perceptions of perceived efficacy; positive effects were mediated by greater anger (about the legal situation and public opinion) and greater perceived need for a movement. Study 3 (N = 408) replicates this conflicting effect with a delayed outcome measure by showing that perceived intolerant norms were indirectly, both negatively and positively, associated with actual collective action engagement. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our expanded social identity model of collective action.
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This project received direct financial support through the Swiss National Science Foundation awarded to Léïla Eisner (P2LAP1_194987) and Tabea Hässler (P1ZHP1_184553).
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2022
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collective action, intergroup relations, LGBTIQ plus, social identity, social norms, support for social change, SOCIAL-IDENTITY-MODEL, INTERGROUP CONTACT, ACTION TENDENCIES, PARTICIPATION, EFFICACY, COMMITMENT, MEMBERSHIP, PREDICTOR, MEDIATION, EMOTIONS
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Eisner, L, Settersten, R, Turner-Zwinkels, F & Hassler, T 2022, 'Perceptions of intolerant norms both facilitate and inhibit collective action among sexual minorities', Group Processes & Intergroup Relations: GPIR, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 1797-1818. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302211024335