Committed dis(s)idents: Participation in radical collective action fosters disidentification with the broader in-group but enhances political identification

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1104-1116

  Becker, Julia C ^a   Tausch, Nicole ^b   Spears, Russell ^c   Christ, Oliver ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

collective action; disidentification; group norms; non normative collective action; politicized identification; radical collective action

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOBBYING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLITICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959506560     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211407076     Document Type: Article

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