Anger In Action: The Role of Emotions, Competition, and Threat on Mobilization
| dc.contributor.advisor | Wilson, Rick K. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Alford, John R. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Stein, Robert M. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | George, Jennifer M. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Phan, Ngoc | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-09-06T04:22:15Z | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-09-06T04:22:17Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2012-09-06T04:22:15Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2012-09-06T04:22:17Z | en_US |
| dc.date.created | 2012-05 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-09-05 | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | May 2012 | en_US |
| dc.date.updated | 2012-09-06T04:22:17Z | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Research Question: Anger is believed to be a powerful motivator of group mobilization. The objective of this dissertation is to examine the role of anger in assisting individuals to overcome the collective action problem. Theory: I utilize Intergroup Emotional Theory in order to build and test hypotheses on when and how anger will lead to mobilization. Methods: I test my hypotheses through four experiments. Experiment 1 examines how individual level anger impacts mobilization. In Experiment 2, I implement a test to induce anger towards an out-group. In Experiment 3, I then examine how anger towards an out-group impacts mobilization under the contexts of threat and competition. In Experiment 4, I look at different threatening contexts and how anger towards an out-group, limited information, and discrimination all work together to impact mobilization. Results: In Experiment 1, I found that when an angry subject is asked to take action in a task unrelated to that anger, the subject fails to mobilize. In Experiment 2, I built and tested two experimental manipulations of out-group anger and was successful in inducing anger directed towards an out-group. Having successfully induced out-group anger, Experiment 3 then demonstrated that out-group anger increases mobilization under competition, but not under threat. The mobilizing effects of out-group anger was limited under threat because subjects also felt angry towards their own in-group. Lastly, I reexamine different variations of threat on mobilization. I attempt to reduce increases in in-group anger by limiting information and discriminating against the angry group, but as I stack the deck against the angry group, they responded by mobilizing less. Conclusions: The potential for anger to mobilize may be contingent upon the level of out-group and in-group anger within a group. These findings collectively shed light on how out-group anger can either facilitate action or lead to inaction. | en_US |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Phan, Ngoc. "Anger In Action: The Role of Emotions, Competition, and Threat on Mobilization." (2012) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/64668">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/64668</a>. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.slug | 123456789/ETD-2012-05-133 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1911/64668 | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Emotion | en_US |
| dc.subject | Collective action | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mobilization | en_US |
| dc.subject | American politics | en_US |
| dc.title | Anger In Action: The Role of Emotions, Competition, and Threat on Mobilization | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.type.material | Text | en_US |
| thesis.degree.department | Political Science | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Social Sciences | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Rice University | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en_US |