From interviews I conducted, it seems that role models may play a major role in behavioral change but I am hardly finding scientific papers that would have tested or studied this effect. I am probably looking at the wrong place,, do you know some key papers on this topic to put me on tracks?
Is there anything of help here? But I'm not sure if they have what you need:
Morgenroth, T., Ryan, M. K., & Peters, K. (2015). The motivational theory of role modeling: How role models influence role aspirants’ goals. Review of General Psychology, 19(4), 465.
Article The Motivational Theory of Role Modeling: How Role Models In...
Ogden, J., Karim, L., Choudry, A., & Brown, K. (2007). Understanding successful behaviour change: the role of intentions, attitudes to the target and motivations and the example of diet. Health education research, 22(3), 397-405.
https://academic.oup.com/her/article/22/3/397/596170
Olsson, M., & Martiny, S. E. (2018). Does exposure to counterstereotypical role models influence girls’ and women’s gender stereotypes and career choices? A review of social psychological research. Frontiers in psychology, 9, 2264.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02264/full
Mary C R Wilson This is great content, especially article 1 and 3 (I think article 2 is not really about the effect of role models). This is exactly what I needed to get on track. Thank you very much for your answer!
Hi Nicolas, I've been asking similar questions about what drives behavioural change (in relation to people working collectively on adaptation to climate change). There are a couple of strands of literature I have been reading: one is on the role of Agents of Change and their influence on individuals and collectives. The other is on social identity: how identity is an attribute of individuals, but is collectively constituted; a process that may be influenced by Agents of Change, or role models, who operate within one or more collectives. For Agents of Change, there is a mass of literature, but most authors do not attempt to situate change (or agency) within a coherent social theory or cause-and-effect ontology, but I am still looking for useful articles! On Identity and how it is influenced by individuals and collectives, I have been reading Richard Jenkins (2014) Social Identity (4th edition; Routledge, London). It is not directly related to role models, but sets out a framework on how identification works as a social process and how particular attitudes are adopted. Might be useful, might not. Cheers, Matt
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