Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Psychology
First Advisor
Kimberly Barsamian Kahn
Term of Graduation
Fall 2024
Date of Publication
12-16-2024
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Applied Psychology
Department
Psychology
Language
English
Subjects
activism, coalitions, collective action, intraminority relations, social movements, solidarity
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 245 pages)
Abstract
Social movements globally and within the U.S. are gaining widespread acknowledgment as many individuals become more aware of systems of disadvantage and oppression, gain a better understanding of their root causes, and engage in collective ways to approach social change. Social science research on engagement with collective action has started to go beyond looking only at majority-minority relations (such as between White and Black people) to examine solidarity and coalition building between minoritized groups. This dissertation expands the literature both on collective action and intraminority intergroup relations through three manuscripts. Chapter II explores various social attitudes (e.g., awareness of privilege and oppression, just world beliefs, social dominance orientation) and their predictive roles on engagement with the Black Lives Matter movement across target, dominant, and non-target minority "third groups" (Lake & Kahn, under review), specifically highlighting the common predictive role of awareness of privilege and oppression across groups. Chapter III explores the effects of feelings of closeness with other minoritized groups (e.g., outgroup warmth, outgroup trust, identity fusion, common fate) on collective action, identifying the significant roles of feelings of warmth towards a target group and perceptions of common fate with other communities of color on intraminority solidarity specifically. Chapter IV samples current social justice activists and community organizers of color to test relationships between common predictors and outcomes included in models of collective action (e.g., identity, perceived injustice, collective efficacy), showing the prominent role of both racial and activist identity centrality in predicting intraminority solidarity. Additionally, Chapter IV qualitatively examines the motivations and barriers of participating in collective action for the individual and intraminority coalition building. Studies in this dissertation use multiple methods, including cross-sectional surveys with quantitative and qualitative data, with diverse samples from student samples to national samples to self-identified activists and community organizers of color. Together, the studies fill gaps in the literature on both collective action and intergroup relations by further examining and providing new knowledge on known predictors and models within specific social contexts and between racial minority groups. Findings provide implication for both development of theories and models of collective action, and for practical strategies for social movement building and sustainability.
Rights
© Jaboa Shawntaé Lake
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/42916
Recommended Citation
Lake, Jaboa Shawntaé, "A Contemporary Examination of Racial Intraminority Relations: Attitudes, Motivations, and Barriers to Participation in Collective Action" (2024). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 6741.