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The role of family in the intergenerational transmission of collective action
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DOI in this recordThe present research demonstrates intergenerational influences on collective action participation, whereby parentsâ past and current participation in collective action (descriptive family norms) shape their childrenâs participation in conventional and radical collective action via injunctive family norms (perception that parents value such participation). Two unique data sets were used: dyads of activist parents and their adult children (Study 1, N = 100 dyads) and student activists who participated in a yearlong, three-wave longitudinal study (Study 2, Ns wave 1 = 1,221, Wave 2 = 960, and Wave 3 = 917). Parentsâ past and current participation directly and indirectly predicted childrenâs protest participation in Study 1, while Study 2 showed a similar pattern longitudinally: Perceptions of parentsâ participation (descriptive family norm) and approval (injunctive family norm) predicted change in collective action participation over time. Together, results highlight family environment as a critical setting for the intergenerational transmission of protest
The intergenerational transmission of participation in collective action: The role of conversation and political practices in the family
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Wiley via the DOI in this recordIn this study, we examined the intergenerational transmission of collective action from parents to children. Using a mixed-method approach combining quantitative and qualitative analysis, we analysed data from 100 dyads of activist parents in Chile (involved in the mobilizations against the dictatorship during the 1980s) and their adult children (NÂ =Â 200). The quantitative analysis addressed the role of conversations about politics in the family. The results provided evidence of a direct association between those conversations and the frequency of participation in conventional and radical actions by the children, and an indirect association via childrenâs knowledge about parental involvement in past social movements. The qualitative phase, which used interviews and thematic analysis on a subsample of 24 dyads (NÂ =Â 48), confirmed the role of political conversations, but also revealed the influence of other factors such as cultural consumption and joint political participation. This phase allowed the identification of factors that facilitate or hinder family transmission. Overall, the study highlights the relevance of family as a critical site of socialization that enables the intergenerational transmission of protest.Chilean National Foundation for Scientific and Technological DevelopmentCenter for Social Conflict and Cohesion StudiesInterdisciplinary Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Studie
When social movements fail or succeed: social psychological consequences of a collective actionâs outcome
This is the final version. Available from Frontiers Media via the DOI in this record.âŻData availability statement:
The raw data supporting the conclusions of this article will
be made available by the authors, without undue reservation.Collective actions occur all around the world and, in the last few years, even more
frequently. Previous literature has mainly focused on the antecedents of collective
actions, but less attention has been given to the consequences of participating
in collective action. Moreover, it is still an open question how the consequences
of collective action might differ, depending on whether the actions are perceived
to succeed or fail. In two studies we seek to address this gap using innovative
experimental studies. In Study 1 (Nâ=â368) we manipulated the perceptions of
success and failure of a collective action in the context of a real social movement,
the Chilean student movement from last decade. In Study 2 (Nâ=â169), in addition
to manipulating the outcome, we manipulated actual participation, using a mock
environmental organization aiming to create awareness in authorities, to test the
causal effect of both participation and success/failure on empowerment, group
efficacy, and intentions of future involvement in normative and non-normative
collective actions. Results show that current and past participation predict overall
participation in the future, however, in Study 2 the manipulated participation
was associated with having less intentions of participating in the future. In both
studies, perception of success increases group efficacy. In Study 1, we found that
when facing failure, participants increase their willingness to participate more in
the future as opposed to non-participants that actually decrease theirs. In Study
2, however, failure increases the perception of efficacy for those with a history of
non-normative participation. Altogether these results highlight the moderating
role of the outcome of collective action to understand the effect of participation
on future participation. We discuss these results in light of the methodological
innovation and the real world setting in which our studies were conducted.Chilean National Foundation for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT)Center for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies (ANID/FONDAP)Interdisciplinary Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Studies (ANID/FONDAP