Opinion‐based group membership as a predictor of commitment to political action

By Ana‐Maria Bliuc, Craig McGarty, Katherine J. Reynolds, Daniela Muntele. 2007

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Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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Social identities facilitate and encapsulate action-relevant constructs (2012, methodology): “Given that recent evidence suggests that opinion-based groups also strongly predict collective action (Bliuc et al., 2007; O’Brien & McGarty, 2009), action-relevant constructs such as emotions (Musgrove & McGarty, 2008; see also Mackie, Devos, & Smith, 2000) and are wellequipped to capture identity…”
Collective Action—and Then What? (2009, background): “…via its indirect effects on salience) Antinormative collective action has a stronger effect on salience (H5a) and therefore a stronger moderated mediation effect on policy change (H5b) identification in participants (e.g., Bliuc et al., 2007), as well as bystanders and advantaged group members.”
Collective Action as the Material Expression of Opinion‐Based Group Membership (2009, methodology): “Our research (e.g., Bliuc et al., 2007) conducted in Australia and Romania shows that identification with a political opinion-based group is an excellent predictor of intentions to take politically relevant behavior.”
Understanding student learning in context: relationships between university students’ social identity, approaches to learning, and academic performance (2011, result): “This is consistent with social identity research on the predictive value of strong social identities in relation to behaviours that are highly relevant to that specific social identity (Bliuc et al. 2007; Cameron 2004; Ellemers et al. 1997, 2004; Haslam et al. 2001), and also to educational psycholo”