One path to social change is through sustained collective action. Although such actions
often explicitly target the public audience to raise support for a movement's cause, we know …

Primary and meta-analytic research strongly suggests that group identification motivates
disadvantaged group members for social protest to achieve social change. However, most …

Why do people engage in collective actions, such as demonstrations? We suggest that
intentions to engage in protest activities come from the perception that the action is an …

Why do people protest in contexts known for violent suppression and imprisonment of
protesters? There is a lack of psychological research on protest participation in repressive …

Over the last few years, large-scale social movements and the consequences of these
movements from the perspectives of protesters have been gaining increased attention …

Leaders of social movements play a critical role in mobilizing broader society for social
change. However, we know little about how movement leaders strategize to build a …

We examined predictors of collective action among bystander group members in solidarity
with a disadvantaged group by extending the dual pathway model of collective action, which …

How do protest actions impact public support for social movements? Here we test the claim
that extreme protest actions—protest behaviors perceived to be harmful to others, highly …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported online in Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology on Jul 8 2019 (see record 2019-40588-001). In the …

Social movements often comprise a variety of actors employing differing levels of radicality.
This study examines how collective action enables social change by studying the influence …