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Favouring a disunited Kingdom? How negative perceptions of the EU-referendum relate to individual mobility and collective action considerations

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Ditrich, Lara
Gedeon, Edit Z.
Sassenberg, Kai

Abstract / Description

One consequence of the EU-referendum’s pro-Brexit outcome was a renewed call for Scottish independence. Supporting this call can be construed as a form of collective action Scots may engage in. However, Scots may also consider individual mobility strategies including - in extreme cases - emigration. The current research investigated how identity-dynamics relate to these identity management strategies in post-referendum Scotland. We found a positive association between perceiving the EU-referendum as having violated expectations and considering individual mobility responses, mediated by identity subversion (i.e., the perception that the referendum results fundamentally changed the UK’s identity). Furthermore, we found that perceiving the EU-referendum as having violated expectations was related to higher collective action intentions, mediated by disidentification from UK citizens. Taken together, these findings underscore the pervasive role social identity processes play in shaping political decisions and individual behaviour.

Keyword(s)

disidentification identity subversion collective action individual mobility Brexit

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Date of first publication

2021-02-19

Journal title

Journal of Social and Political Psychology

Volume

9

Issue

1

Page numbers

37–51

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

Review status

peerReviewed

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Ditrich, L., Gedeon, E. Z., & Sassenberg, K. (2021). Favouring a disunited Kingdom? How negative perceptions of the EU-referendum relate to individual mobility and collective action considerations. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 9(1), 37-51. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.5547
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Ditrich, Lara
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Gedeon, Edit Z.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Sassenberg, Kai
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2022-04-14T11:24:01Z
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    2022-04-14T11:24:01Z
  • Date of first publication
    2021-02-19
  • Abstract / Description
    One consequence of the EU-referendum’s pro-Brexit outcome was a renewed call for Scottish independence. Supporting this call can be construed as a form of collective action Scots may engage in. However, Scots may also consider individual mobility strategies including - in extreme cases - emigration. The current research investigated how identity-dynamics relate to these identity management strategies in post-referendum Scotland. We found a positive association between perceiving the EU-referendum as having violated expectations and considering individual mobility responses, mediated by identity subversion (i.e., the perception that the referendum results fundamentally changed the UK’s identity). Furthermore, we found that perceiving the EU-referendum as having violated expectations was related to higher collective action intentions, mediated by disidentification from UK citizens. Taken together, these findings underscore the pervasive role social identity processes play in shaping political decisions and individual behaviour.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Ditrich, L., Gedeon, E. Z., & Sassenberg, K. (2021). Favouring a disunited Kingdom? How negative perceptions of the EU-referendum relate to individual mobility and collective action considerations. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 9(1), 37-51. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.5547
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  • ISSN
    2195-3325
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/5650
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6254
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.5547
  • Is related to
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4276
  • Is related to
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4277
  • Is related to
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4548
  • Keyword(s)
    disidentification
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  • Keyword(s)
    identity subversion
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  • Keyword(s)
    collective action
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  • Keyword(s)
    individual mobility
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  • Keyword(s)
    Brexit
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Favouring a disunited Kingdom? How negative perceptions of the EU-referendum relate to individual mobility and collective action considerations
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    1
  • Journal title
    Journal of Social and Political Psychology
  • Page numbers
    37–51
  • Volume
    9
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