Are we gaining or losing ground? Dynamic perceptions of public opinion influence willingness to speak out and participate in land use conflicts

Figures & data

Figure 1. The hypothesized model

Table 1. Descriptive statistics for the variables we used and associations among them

	Mean	SD	2.	3.	4.	5.
1. High discrepancy	.26	.44	−.60***	.13*	.05	.36***
2. Low discrepancy	.09	.28	-	.17**	.19***	.18***
3. Willingness to speak out	1.62	.47		-	.63***	.22***
4. Intention to participate in the conflict	1.61	.74			-	.22***
5. Attitude extremism	.37	.48				-

When dichotomous variables are concerned, the ‘mean’ corresponds to the quota of participants coded as 1. The association between dichotomous variables is measured via the polichoric correlation coefficient (computed using Mplus) and that between a dichotomous and a metric variable is measured via the point-biserial correlation coefficient (computed using SPSS). The association between cardinal variables is measured via Pearson’s r. *** p < .001. ** p < .01. * p < .05.

Figure 2. Conditional association between support discrepancy and the frequency of having spoken about the HSR in the 12 months preceding the survey