Adolescents’ Collective Action Intentions for Gender Equality in Norway and Poland

Role of Gender Identification, Perceived Discrimination, and Well‐Being

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ID6434112
AutoresGöksu Celikkol (0000-0002-1199-4421, University of Gdansk Gdansk Poland, autor correspondente), Artur Sawicki (0000-0001-6179-5765, University of Gdansk Gdansk Poland), Dorota Brzezinska (0000-0003-4615-4454, University of Gdansk Gdansk Poland), Jurand Sobiecki (0000-0003-1545-2117, University of Gdansk Gdansk Poland), Kine Bjørneby Olsen (UiT The Arctic University of Norway), Karina Aronsen Olsen (0009-0002-6199-6756, UiT The Arctic University of Norway Tromso Norway), Tomasz Besta (0000-0001-6209-3677, University of Gdansk Gdansk Poland), Sarah Martiny (0000-0002-6791-2122, UiT The Arctic University of Norway Tromso Norway), Kjærsti Thorsteinsen (0000-0001-7486-0802, NORCE Norwegian Research Center Tromsø Norway), Natasza Kosakowska‐berezecka (0000-0003-3503-3921, University of Gdansk Gdansk Poland)
Ano2025
Volume35
Fascículo6
Data de publicação2025-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Community & Applied Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1052-9284 • E-ISSN: 1099-1298
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/casp.70204
OpenAlexW7105850975
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas74

This study examined the role of gender identification and perceived gender discrimination on collective action intentions for gender equality among adolescent boys and girls in two countries with different levels of gender equality: Poland and Norway. Additionally, we explored the mediating role of well‐being, which has been shown to be associated positively with gender identity and negatively with perceived discrimination. Utilising data from 1560 adolescents ( M age = 16.6, SD age = 0.6), we found that perceived gender discrimination, but not gender identification, predicted collective action intentions among all groups. Perceived discrimination on the basis of being a man predicted lower willingness to engage in collective action among Norwegian boys but did the opposite among Polish boys. Furthermore, we found that well‐being may be a mechanism that plays a role in the collective action intentions of adolescent girls, but not boys. More specifically, for the Polish adolescent girls, well‐being appeared to underlie the effect of gender identification and perceived gender discrimination on collective action intentions for gender equality. These results highlight the importance of individual‐level and contextual factors that may influence collective action intentions among different groups. Implications for theory and practice are discussed

Action (physics · Collective action · Gender equality · Gender identity · Gender role · Identification (biology · Norwegian · Perception · System Justification · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Social and Intergroup Psychology