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Jamie N Albright1, Noelle M Hurd1
1Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Abstract:
In the current study, we explored emotions related to the Trump presidency and their associations with types of activism among a sample of underrepresented college students. Participants in the current study included 303 underrepresented college students. We conducted structural equation modeling to assess associations between negatively valenced emotions in reaction to the Trump presidency and specific types of activism. Three categories of activism emerged: resource mobilization, collective action, and higher-accessibility activism. We found that anger was most consistently associated with participation in various types of activism. Fear was positively associated with participation in collective action, but only among those who felt personally affected by the Trump presidency. Among those who did not feel personally affected by the Trump presidency, sadness was associated with less frequent participation in higher-accessibility activism. Findings lend support to the notion that distinct emotional responses are associated with different types of political engagement.
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