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Collective Effervescence, Self-Transcendence, and Gender Differences in Social Wellbeing during 8-M Demonstrations

Zumeta, Larraitz N.; Castro-Abril, Pablo; Méndez, Lander; Pizarro, José J.; Włodarczyk, Anna; Basabe, Nekane; Navarro-Carrillo, Ginés; Padoan-De Luca, Sonia; da Costa, Silvia; Alonso-Arbiol, Itziar; Torres-Gómez, Bárbara; Cakal, Huseyin; Delfino, Gisela; Techio, Elza M.; Alzugaray, Carolina; Bilbao, Marian; Villagrán, Loreto; López-López, Wilson ; Ignacio Ruiz-Pérez, José; Cedeño, Cynthia C.; Reyes-Valenzuela, Carlos; Alfaro-Beracoechea, Laura; Contreras-Ibáñez, Carlos; Leonardo Ibarra, Manuel; Reyes-Sosa, Hiram; María Cueto, Rosa; Carvalho, Catarina L.; Pinto, Isabel R.

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Authors

Larraitz N. Zumeta

Pablo Castro-Abril

Lander Méndez

José J. Pizarro

Anna Włodarczyk

Nekane Basabe

Ginés Navarro-Carrillo

Sonia Padoan-De Luca

Silvia da Costa

Itziar Alonso-Arbiol

Bárbara Torres-Gómez

Gisela Delfino

Elza M. Techio

Carolina Alzugaray

Marian Bilbao

Loreto Villagrán

Wilson López-López

José Ignacio Ruiz-Pérez

Cynthia C. Cedeño

Carlos Reyes-Valenzuela

Laura Alfaro-Beracoechea

Carlos Contreras-Ibáñez

Manuel Leonardo Ibarra

Hiram Reyes-Sosa

Rosa María Cueto

Catarina L. Carvalho

Isabel R. Pinto



Abstract

8 March (8M), now known as International Women’s Day, is a day for feminist claims where demonstrations are organized in over 150 countries, with the participation of millions of women all around the world. These demonstrations can be viewed as collective rituals and thus focus attention on the processes that facilitate different psychosocial effects. This work aims to explore the mechanisms (i.e., behavioral and attentional synchrony, perceived emotional synchrony, and positive and transcendent emotions) involved in participation in the demonstrations of 8 March 2020, collective and ritualized feminist actions, and their correlates associated with personal well-being (i.e., affective well-being and beliefs of personal growth) and collective well-being (i.e., social integration variables: situated identity, solidarity and fusion), collective efficacy and collective growth, and behavioral intention to support the fight for women’s rights. To this end, a cross-cultural study was conducted with the participation of 2,854 people (age 18–79; M = 30.55; SD = 11.66) from countries in Latin America (Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador) and Europe (Spain and Portugal), with a retrospective correlational cross-sectional design and a convenience sample. Participants were divided between demonstration participants (n = 1,271; 94.0% female) and non-demonstrators or followers who monitored participants through the media and social networks (n = 1,583; 75.87% female). Compared with non-demonstrators and with males, female and non-binary gender respondents had greater scores in mechanisms and criterion variables. Further random-effects model meta-analyses revealed that the perceived emotional synchrony was consistently associated with more proximal mechanisms, as well as with criterion variables. Finally, sequential moderation analyses showed that proposed mechanisms successfully mediated the effects of participation on every criterion variable. These results indicate that participation in 8M marches and demonstrations can be analyzed through the literature on collective rituals. As such, collective participation implies positive outcomes both individually and collectively, which are further reinforced through key psychological mechanisms, in line with a Durkheimian approach to collective rituals.

Citation

Zumeta, L. N., Castro-Abril, P., Méndez, L., Pizarro, J. J., Włodarczyk, A., Basabe, N., …Pinto, I. R. (2020). Collective Effervescence, Self-Transcendence, and Gender Differences in Social Wellbeing during 8-M Demonstrations. Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.607538

Acceptance Date Nov 11, 2020
Publication Date Dec 11, 2020
Journal Frontiers in Psychology
Publisher Frontiers Media
DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.607538
Keywords Perceived Emotional Synchrony, 8M demonstrations, self-transcendence, Well-being, participation in collective rituals, feminist demonstrations, gender differences, Collective effervescence
Publisher URL http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.607538

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