The politicized motivations of volunteers in the refugee crisis: Intergroup helping as the means to achieve social change
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Kende, Anna
Lantos, Nóra Anna
Belinszky, Anna
Csaba, Sára
Lukács, Zsófia Anna
Abstract / Description
The refugee crisis in the summer of 2015 mobilized thousands of volunteers in Hungary to help refugees on their journey through Europe despite the government’s hostile stance. We conducted a survey (N = 1459) among people who were active in supporting refugees and providing services to them to test the hypothesis of whether volunteers in the context of this humanitarian crisis had social change motivations similar to those engaged in direct political activism. Hierarchical regression analysis and mediation analysis revealed the importance of opinion-based identity and moral convictions as predictors of volunteerism, while efficacy beliefs and anger only predicted political activism. Our findings suggest that volunteers engaged in helping refugees based on motivations previously described as drivers of mobilization for political activism, but chose volunteerism to alleviate the problems embedded in the intergroup situation. Although the context of the refugee crisis in Hungary may have been somewhat unique, these findings have implications for other asymmetrical politicized intergroup relations in which advantaged group members can choose to offer humanitarian aid, engage in political actions to change the situation, or do both.
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volunteerism social change political activism cross-group helping ally activism opinion-based identity moral convictions önkéntesség társadalmi változás politikai aktivizmus csoportközi segítségnyújtás többségi aktivizmus véleményalapú identitás morális meggyőződésPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2017-05-15
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
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5
Issue
1
Page numbers
260–281
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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Kende, A., Lantos, N. A., Belinszky, A., Csaba, S., & Lukács, Z. A. (2017). The politicized motivations of volunteers in the refugee crisis: Intergroup helping as the means to achieve social change. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 5(1), 260–281. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v5i1.642
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Kende, Anna
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Lantos, Nóra Anna
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Belinszky, Anna
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Csaba, Sára
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Lukács, Zsófia Anna
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Date of first publication2017-05-15
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Abstract / DescriptionThe refugee crisis in the summer of 2015 mobilized thousands of volunteers in Hungary to help refugees on their journey through Europe despite the government’s hostile stance. We conducted a survey (N = 1459) among people who were active in supporting refugees and providing services to them to test the hypothesis of whether volunteers in the context of this humanitarian crisis had social change motivations similar to those engaged in direct political activism. Hierarchical regression analysis and mediation analysis revealed the importance of opinion-based identity and moral convictions as predictors of volunteerism, while efficacy beliefs and anger only predicted political activism. Our findings suggest that volunteers engaged in helping refugees based on motivations previously described as drivers of mobilization for political activism, but chose volunteerism to alleviate the problems embedded in the intergroup situation. Although the context of the refugee crisis in Hungary may have been somewhat unique, these findings have implications for other asymmetrical politicized intergroup relations in which advantaged group members can choose to offer humanitarian aid, engage in political actions to change the situation, or do both.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationKende, A., Lantos, N. A., Belinszky, A., Csaba, S., & Lukács, Z. A. (2017). The politicized motivations of volunteers in the refugee crisis: Intergroup helping as the means to achieve social change. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 5(1), 260–281. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v5i1.642en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1432
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1715
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v5i1.642
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Keyword(s)volunteerismen_US
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Keyword(s)social changeen_US
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Keyword(s)political activismen_US
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Keyword(s)cross-group helpingen_US
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Keyword(s)ally activismen_US
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Keyword(s)opinion-based identityen_US
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Keyword(s)moral convictionsen_US
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Keyword(s)önkéntességhr_HU
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Keyword(s)társadalmi változáshr_HU
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Keyword(s)politikai aktivizmushr_HU
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Keyword(s)csoportközi segítségnyújtáshr_HU
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Keyword(s)többségi aktivizmushr_HU
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Keyword(s)véleményalapú identitáshr_HU
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Keyword(s)morális meggyőződéshr_HU
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleThe politicized motivations of volunteers in the refugee crisis: Intergroup helping as the means to achieve social changeen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Page numbers260–281
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Volume5
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