期刊名称：Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest
电子版ISSN：2330-1392
出版年度：2013
卷号：1
期号：1
页码：1-15
出版社：Punctum Books
摘要：People may engage in protest activity either because of collective incentives or selectiveincentives, or a combination of them. In this study we focus on the selective incentives partof the calculus of political participation, particularly the impact of the social dimension.We hypothesize that people will participate in demonstrations or other forms of protest,to a higher extent if they are afraid of rejection, but only if they feel that they have highsocial support for their own position. This hypothesis was supported in an online surveyexperiment where social support was manipulated. Results also revealed that individualswho were highly rejection sensitive were among the most likely to participate even thoughthey did not believe protest activity to be an efficient way to bring about social change.This supports the notion that some individuals tend to engage in protest activity forpurely social reasons. However it is still unclear whether these individuals are drivenby an approach motivation to establish new social bonds or an avoidance motivation toescape possible social rejection
关键词：political participation; protest activity; social incentives; rejection sensitivity
