Social Identification in Collective Climate Activism: Predicting Participation in the Environmental Movement, Extinction Rebellion

@article{Furlong2020SocialII,  title={Social Identification in Collective Climate Activism: Predicting Participation in the Environmental Movement, Extinction Rebellion},  author={Caitlin Furlong and Vivian L. Vignoles},  journal={Identity},  year={2020},  volume={21},  pages={20 - 35},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:231713727}}
ABSTRACT Human-induced climate change poses an unprecedented global threat. Researchers agree that dealing with climate change requires international collective action and widespread social transformation. This study integrates insights from the Social Identity Model of Collective Action (SIMCA) and the Encapsulated Model of Social Identity in Collective Action (EMSICA) to explain participation in the environmental movement, Extinction Rebellion (XR). Structural equation models of data from a… 

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