Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-24-2025
Abstract
What are the consequences of affect and efficacy for protest intentions, and do these consequences stem from personal disposition and/or situational characteristics? Here, we test a dual-pathway model of collective action in which anger and efficacy operate at multiple levels of analysis. To test this model, we administer a factorial survey experiment of student protest to a random sample of undergraduate students (N = 880). We find that the effect of anger on protest intentions follows two routes—one dispositional and one situational—and that the effect of efficacy flows through a situational channel. We also find that anger and efficacy are triggered by a broad set of situational conditions (incidental grievances, selective rewards and punishments, collective action frames, and protest size) and that anger is also a function of a narrow set of dispositional factors (protest attitudes). Taken together, our findings support a multilevel, dual-pathway model of collective action.
Recommended Citation
Robbins, B., Pfaff, S., & Matsueda, R. (2025). Affect, Efficacy, and Protest Intentions: Testing a Multilevel, Dual-Pathway Model of Collective Action. Social Psychology Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/01902725251331032
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
American Sociological Association
Included in
Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Educational Sociology Commons, Inequality and Stratification Commons, Other Sociology Commons, Politics and Social Change Commons, Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance Commons, Social Psychology and Interaction Commons, Sociology of Culture Commons
Comments
This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Social Psychology Quarterly in 2025 following peer review. This article may not exactly replicate the final published version. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at https://doi.org/10.1177/01902725251331032.