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Cognition and Citizen Participation in Social Action 1
Author(s) -
O'Neill Patrick,
Duffy Charlene,
Enman Michael,
Blackmer Elizabeth,
Goodwin Joanne,
Campbell Elaine
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1988.tb01193.x
Subject(s) - psychology , injustice , action (physics) , just world hypothesis , social psychology , discriminant validity , power (physics) , cognition , reliability (semiconductor) , social cognition , developmental psychology , psychometrics , internal consistency , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
Citizen participation in social action may depend, in part, on certain beliefs about the world and one's power to initiate change. Existing tests of internality and belief in a just world were modified, creating independent measures of belief in personal power and belief in possible injustices in society. The paper reports data on the reliability and the convergent and discriminant validity of the new Personal Power and Injustice scales. In Studies 1 and 2 the scales predicted outcomes in theoretically relevant experiments. In Study 3 they discriminated among community groups who did, or did not, engage in social action.