“…In general, past studies confirmed the role of values in motivating action on behalf of the cause (Liss, Crawford, & Popp, ; Miller & Krosnick, ; Unsworth & McNeill, ; Van Zomeren, Postmes, Spears, & Bettache, ). For instance, Unsworth and McNeill () showed that the degree to which environmentally sustainable behaviors serve the person's own pre‐existing values predict intentions to engage in sustainable energy behavior. Also, studies on moral convictions (Skitka & Bauman, ; Skitka, Bauman, & Sargis, ) and sacred values (Atran, Axelrod, & Davis, ; Atran & Ginges, ) showed that they were positively related to political engagement.…”