Given the social importance of political activism, it is critical to understand what motivates
individuals to engage in it. Past research has predominantly focused on individual and …

Abstract Social Identity Theory (SIT) is commonly applied to explain social change. We aim
to revive interest in the concept of social creativity in order to provide a SIT perspective on …

Hope is viewed as a positive emotion associated with the motivation to change existing
conditions. As such, it is highly relevant for social change, particularly when considering …

Openness to experience is consistently associated with tolerance. We suggest that tests of
the association between openness to experience and tolerance have heretofore been …

Collective action research tends to focus on motivations of the disadvantaged group, rather
than on which tactics are effective at driving the advantaged group to make concessions to …

In October 2019, student protests in Chile quickly expanded into a mobilization of more than
three million citizens, who protested for nearly a year and successfully brought about …

Extensive research has identified factors influencing collective-action participation.
However, less is known about how collective-action outcomes (ie, success and failure) …

Since first being proposed 25 years ago, system justification theory has become a paradigm‐
shifting framework for understanding intergroup relations and political psychology. Based on …

Men sometimes withdraw support for gender equality movements when their higher gender
status is threatened. Here, we expand the focus of this phenomenon by examining it cross …

We examine whether aggressive forms of collective action are predicted by their perceived
efficacy and the perceived efficacy of peaceful collective action, and whether the two …