Return of the repressed: Exposure to police violence increases protest and self-sacrifice intentions for the Yellow Vests

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dc.authoridAdam-troian, Jais/0000-0003-2285-4114;
dc.authorwosidAdam-troian, Jais/ABC-7882-2020
dc.authorwosidÇelebi, Elif/C-4730-2013
dc.contributor.authorAdam-Troian, Jais
dc.contributor.authorCelebi, Elif
dc.contributor.authorMahfud, Yara
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:48:57Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:48:57Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractWorldwide, it is not uncommon to observe violent police reactions against social movements. These are often rationalized by decision makers as efficient ways to contain violence from protesters. In France for instance, the ongoing Yellow Vests protests have generated an unprecedented number of casualties, injuries, and convictions among protesters. But was this response efficient in diminishing violence stemming from the Yellow Vests? To this day, little is known about the psychological consequences of police violence in the context of protests. Combining insights from Significance Quest Theory and the Social Identity perspective on collective action, we predicted that exposure to police violence could backfire and lead to increased radicalization of protesters. A cross-sectional investigation of 523 Yellow Vests yielded evidence for this hypothesis. We found positive direct effects of exposure to police violence on intentions to attend future demonstrations and to self-sacrifice for the Yellow Vests. Moreover, these effects were serially mediated by perceived Loss of Significance and Identification with the Yellow Vests. Paradoxically, these results highlight for the first time the mechanism through which political repression may contribute to the formation of radical politicized identities. Thus, we recommend that decision makers privilege the use of de-escalation techniques in protest policing whenever possible.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1368430220920707
dc.identifier.endpage1186en_US
dc.identifier.issn1368-4302
dc.identifier.issn1461-7188
dc.identifier.issue8en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85097074538en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage1171en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/1368430220920707
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/8020
dc.identifier.volume23en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000595581900004en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofGroup Processes & Intergroup Relationsen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectPolice Violenceen_US
dc.subjectPoliticized İdentitiesen_US
dc.subjectRadicalizationen_US
dc.subjectSignificance Lossen_US
dc.subjectSignificance Questen_US
dc.subjectYellow Vests Protesten_US
dc.subjectCollective Actionen_US
dc.subjectSample-Sizeen_US
dc.subjectIdentityen_US
dc.subjectUncertaintyen_US
dc.subjectRadicalizationen_US
dc.subjectDistinctionen_US
dc.subjectPsychologyen_US
dc.subjectActivismen_US
dc.subjectDefenseen_US
dc.subjectThreaten_US
dc.titleReturn of the repressed: Exposure to police violence increases protest and self-sacrifice intentions for the Yellow Vestsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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