@article{ref1,
title="The power of nonviolence: confirming and explaining the success of nonviolent (rather than violent) political movements",
journal="European journal of social psychology",
year="2019",
author="Orazani, S. Nima and Leidner, Bernhard",
volume="49",
number="4",
pages="688-704",
abstract="Drawing on literatures on social movements and collective action, mentalization, and morality, four studies investigated whether a social movement's use of nonviolence can increase people's willingness to support and join the movement. In a correlational study with a nested design, across 23 movements perceived use of nonviolence predicted participants' willingness to support and join the movement (Study 1, n = 203). This effect was also found experimentally, with Americans supporting nonviolent movements more than violent ones, in hypothetical and real foreign countries (Study 2 and 3, ns = 606 and 373). Study 4 (n = 247) replicated the effects in participants' own country. The effects were transmitted by attribution of mental states to nonviolent movements and subsequent greater perceived morality (Study 2-4). This research demonstrates that nonviolence can benefit social movements in terms of support and mobilization potential, and that these benefits are rooted in perceptions of mental capacity, humanness, and morality.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1099-0992",
doi="10.1002/ejsp.2526",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2526"
}