Collective Self-Determination: How the Agent of Help Promotes Pride,Well-Being,and Support for Intergroup Helping

This research integrates self-determination theory and the social identity approach to investigate the notion of collective (group level) self-determination,and to test how the agent of intergroup help (helping initiated by a group representative versus group members) shapes group members’ motives and support for intergroup helping. study 1 (n = 432) demonstrates that collective self-determination predicts support for intergroup helping,group pride,and well-being,over and above individual-level self-determined motivation. study 2 (n = 216) confirmed that helping by group members was seen as more collectively self-determined than helping by a group representative,producing effects on pride,well-being,and support. study 3 (n = 124) explores a qualifier of these effects: people who identify more strongly with the leader who is providing the help also experience representative helping as more collectively self-determined,thereby promoting well-being,group pride,and support. findings highlight the value of integrating self-determination theory with intergroup theories to consider collective aspects of self-determination. © 2017,© 2017 by the society for personality and social psychology,inc.