Strategic Mindsets and Support for Social Change : Impact Mindset Explains Support for Black Lives Matter Across Racial Groups

How does the self-relevance of a social movement shape individuals' engagement with it? We examined the decision-making processes that underlie support for Black Lives Matter (BLM) among Black, Hispanic, Asian, and White Americans. We find significant between-group differences in levels of support for BLM, both in terms of past behavior (Study 1) and in terms of future intentions to support the movement (Study 2). These differences notwithstanding, thinking about how one's decisions impact others - which we label impact mindset - explains support for BLM across racial groups, cross-sectionally as well as longitudinally (over 8 months later). Our findings underscore the equivalence of the impact mindset construct across racial groups and its predictive power in the context of BLM. We conclude that, although the struggle for racial justice has different meanings for different racial groups, the same mindset underlies both in-group advocacy and allyship in the context of BLM.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:49

Enthalten in:

Personality & social psychology bulletin - 49(2023), 8 vom: 24. Aug., Seite 1295-1312

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vani, Preeti [VerfasserIn]
Alzahawi, Shilaan [VerfasserIn]
Dannals, Jennifer E [VerfasserIn]
Halevy, Nir [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Allyship
Collective action
Journal Article
Justice
Race
Social movements
Strategic thinking

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Date Completed 10.07.2023

Date Revised 10.07.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/01461672221099710

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM342721909