Collective Effervescence, Self-Transcendence, and Gender Differences in Social Well-Being During 8 March Demonstrations.
Frontiers in psychology January 1, 2020 Larraitz N Zumeta, Pablo Castro-Abril, Lander Méndez et al. 40 citations
Participation in International Women's Day demonstrations on 8 March 2020 is associated with positive personal and collective well-being outcomes, mediated by psychological mechanisms including perceived emotional synchrony, behavioral synchrony, and transcendent emotions. A cross-cultural survey of 2,854 people from nine Latin American and European countries compared demonstration participants with non-demonstrators who followed via media. Female and non-binary participants reported stronger effects than males. Meta-analyses showed perceived emotional synchrony consistently linked to both proximal mechanisms and well-being measures. Sequential moderation analyses indicated that the proposed mechanisms fully mediated the effects of participation on affective well-being, personal growth beliefs, social integration, collective efficacy, and intentions to support women's rights, consistent with a Durkheimian collective ritual framework.