Abstract

RICO, Diana; ALZATE, Mónica  and  SABUCEDO, José Manuel. The role of identity, efficacy and positive emotions in collective actions of peaceful resistance in violent contexts. rev.latinoam.psicol. [online]. 2017, vol.49, n.1, pp.28-35. ISSN 0120-0534.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j-rlp.2015.09.013.

This paper explores the motives leading to the participation in pacific resistance actions under the conditions of armed violence. Based within the framework of collective action, the roles of identity, grief, anger, hope-moral satisfaction, and efficacy were analyzed on their implications on the actions of pacific resistance. The participants were 739 people living in the middle of the Colombian armed conflict, with different levels of involvement in pacific resistance movements. Correlation and regression analysis shows that all variables are significantly correlated to the level of involvement in resistance actions, except for anger. The best predictors in a regression equation are efficacy, moral hope-satisfaction, and identity. We used a structural equation model to analyze the role of these variables in motivating non-violent resistance actions, and the results show direct and significant paths. Grief is incorporated in the model as an exogenous variable that acts on identity, in order to potentiate its important motivational influence for the participation in resistance actions. The identity potentiates the mediator role of moral satisfaction-hope and efficacy. These findings are a novel contribution to the traditional theory, which explains the emergence of collective actions, since it incorporates positive and less-studied emotions within the mobilization context, such as hope and moral satisfaction.

Keywords : Grief; Anger; Efficacy; Identity; Hope; Moral satisfaction; Collective actions and peaceful resistance.

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