Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
Br J Soc Psychol. 2025 Jan;64(1):e12786. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12786. Epub 2024 Jul 9.
What motivates people to participate in collective action? Some actions such as symbolic or online actions are often critiqued as performative allyship, motivated by personal gain rather than genuine concern for the cause. We aim to adjudicate this argument by examining the quality of motivations for acting, drawing on the insights of self-determination theory and the social identity approach. Using latent profile analysis, we examined whether there are different types of supporters of refugees based on their underlying motives. In Study 1, we surveyed supporters of Syrian refugees from six nations (N = 936) and measured autonomous and controlled motivation, pro-refugee identification and collective action. In Study 2 (N = 1994), we surveyed supporters of Ukrainian refugees in Romania, Hungary and the UK. We found 4-5 profiles in each sample and consistently found that supporters with high autonomous motivation take more action than disengaged or ambivalent supporters (low/neutral on all motives). However, contrary to the tenets of self-determination theory, those high in both autonomous and controlled motives were the most engaged. We conclude that the most committed supporters are those with multiple motives, but further research is needed on the role of controlled motivation.
是什么激励人们参与集体行动？一些行动，如象征性或线上行动，常常被批评为表现性的盟友关系，其动机是个人利益，而不是对事业的真正关注。我们旨在通过借鉴自我决定理论和社会认同方法的见解，来判断这一论点。我们使用潜在剖面分析，根据其潜在动机，考察了基于难民支持者的不同类型。在研究 1 中，我们调查了来自六个国家的叙利亚难民支持者（N=936），并测量了自主和受控动机、支持难民的认同和集体行动。在研究 2（N=1994）中，我们调查了罗马尼亚、匈牙利和英国的乌克兰难民支持者。我们在每个样本中发现了 4-5 种类型，并且一致发现，具有高自主动机的支持者比不参与或犹豫不决的支持者（所有动机均为低/中性）采取更多行动。然而，与自我决定理论的原则相反，那些同时具有自主和受控动机的人参与度最高。我们的结论是，最坚定的支持者是那些具有多种动机的人，但需要进一步研究受控动机的作用。
