TY - JOUR
T1 - Generalization of efficacy as a function of collective
action and intergroup relations:
involvement in an anti-roads struggle
AU - Cocking, Christopher
AU - Drury, John
PY - 2004/2/28
Y1 - 2004/2/28
N2 - A questionnaire survey (n = 90) and an interview study (n = 63) of anti-roads activities
suggest links between participation and generalization. First, level of activism predicted
whether others were perceived as encouraged to act environmentally. Second, participants’
failure to stop construction of the road did not prevent them from developing
related feelings of efficacy. Participants’ perceptions of out-groups were also examined.
Participants were least hostile to those they defined as sharing their interests and capable
of subjective change; they were most hostile to those seen as betraying the environmental cause. Practically, these findings suggest the importance of collective participation. Theoretically,
the paper argues that efficacy theory be developed to acknowledge that identity
can be collective as well as individual.
AB - A questionnaire survey (n = 90) and an interview study (n = 63) of anti-roads activities
suggest links between participation and generalization. First, level of activism predicted
whether others were perceived as encouraged to act environmentally. Second, participants’
failure to stop construction of the road did not prevent them from developing
related feelings of efficacy. Participants’ perceptions of out-groups were also examined.
Participants were least hostile to those they defined as sharing their interests and capable
of subjective change; they were most hostile to those seen as betraying the environmental cause. Practically, these findings suggest the importance of collective participation. Theoretically,
the paper argues that efficacy theory be developed to acknowledge that identity
can be collective as well as individual.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2004.tb02555.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2004.tb02555.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0021-9029
VL - 34
SP - 417
EP - 444
JO - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
IS - 2
ER -