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International Journal of Social Psychology
Revista de Psicología Social
Volume 27, 2012 - Issue 3
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Moral obligation: A forgotten dimension in the analysis of collective action

Obligación moral: una dimensión olvidada en el análisis de la acción colectiva

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Pages 369-375 | Received 30 Mar 2012, Accepted 04 May 2012, Published online: 23 Jan 2014
 

Abstract

This paper investigates the motivational dynamics in political protest. In addition to the classic variables (anger, politicized identity and efficacy), we are including that of the moral obligation to participate. To test the viability of this new proposal, university students' intention to participate in different protest acts were analyzed. The structural equation analysis shows that moral obligation has a direct influence on the intention to participate and acts as a mediator between the other variables and the criterion variable. Politicized identity also has a direct effect, although less significant, on the intention to participate, as well as having a significant bearing on the other three predictive variables. Finally, efficacy and anger have an influence on the intention to participate through moral obligation. This data points towards the necessity to include moral obligation in the explanatory models of collective action.

Resumen

En este trabajo se investigan las dinámicas motivacionales de la protesta política. Además de las variables clásicas (ira, identidad politizada y eficacia), incluimos la obligación moral de participar. Para comprobar la viabilidad de esta nueva propuesta se analizó la intención de participar de estudiantes universitarios en diferentes acciones de protesta. El análisis de ecuaciones estructurales muestra que la obligación moral tiene una influencia directa sobre la intención de participar y actúa como mediadora entre las otras variables y la variable criterio. La identidad politizada tiene también una incidencia directa, pero menos significativa, sobre la intención de participar; además incide de manera significativa en las otras tres variables predictoras. Finalmente, la eficacia y la ira influyen en la intención de participar a través de la obligación moral. Estos datos apuntan a la necesidad de incorporar la obligación moral en los modelos explicativos de la acción política.

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