Supporting protest movements: the effect of the legitimacy of the claims

Past research has investigated the motivations behind support to protest actions by mainly focusing on the relationship between the perceptions of protest movements and support itself. The aim of the present research is to extend this research also by considering the qualitative content of the claim...

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Autores principales:	Stefano Passini, Davide Morselli
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Lenguaje:	EN ES
Publicado:	Universidad de San Buenaventura 2015
Materias:	Legitimacy protest democracy threat value-oriented citizenship. Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c977ce8cfcf0406a8f1809b2bd0495872021-11-25T02:22:03ZSupporting protest movements: the effect of the legitimacy of the claims10.21500/20112084.15062011-20842011-7922https://doaj.org/article/c977ce8cfcf0406a8f1809b2bd0495872015-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/1506https://doaj.org/toc/2011-2084https://doaj.org/toc/2011-7922Past research has investigated the motivations behind support to protest actions by mainly focusing on the relationship between the perceptions of protest movements and support itself. The aim of the present research is to extend this research also by considering the qualitative content of the claims advanced by the protesters. We analyzed whether supporting a protest depends on the legitimacy of the advanced claim (i.e. in terms of adherence to democratic principles) or on the legitimacy attributed to that group. One hundred and eighty Italian citizens (45.9 % women; M age = 41.64, SD = 13.69) responded to an online questionnaire concerning a protest movement. The design included 2×2 conditions: non-threatening vs. threatening type of group and unbound vs. restricted protesters’ claims. The results showed that support given to the protest is overlooked when the group is perceived as more threatening. However, the perception of the protest group has no effect on value-oriented participants who instead focus on the claims.Stefano PassiniDavide MorselliUniversidad de San BuenaventuraarticleLegitimacyprotestdemocracythreatvalue-oriented citizenship.PsychologyBF1-990ENESInternational Journal of Psychological Research, Vol 8, Iss 2 (2015)
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topic	Legitimacy protest democracy threat value-oriented citizenship. Psychology BF1-990
spellingShingle	Legitimacy protest democracy threat value-oriented citizenship. Psychology BF1-990 Stefano Passini Davide Morselli Supporting protest movements: the effect of the legitimacy of the claims
description	Past research has investigated the motivations behind support to protest actions by mainly focusing on the relationship between the perceptions of protest movements and support itself. The aim of the present research is to extend this research also by considering the qualitative content of the claims advanced by the protesters. We analyzed whether supporting a protest depends on the legitimacy of the advanced claim (i.e. in terms of adherence to democratic principles) or on the legitimacy attributed to that group. One hundred and eighty Italian citizens (45.9 % women; M age = 41.64, SD = 13.69) responded to an online questionnaire concerning a protest movement. The design included 2×2 conditions: non-threatening vs. threatening type of group and unbound vs. restricted protesters’ claims. The results showed that support given to the protest is overlooked when the group is perceived as more threatening. However, the perception of the protest group has no effect on value-oriented participants who instead focus on the claims.
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Supporting protest movements: the effect of the legitimacy of the claims

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