ORIGINAL RESEARCH published: 11 December 2020 doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.607538 Edited by: Juan Carlos Oyanedel, Andres Bello University, Chile Reviewed by: Rafael Alberto Miranda, Universidad Continental de Ciencias e Ingeniería, Peru Eriona Thartori, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Martin Lang, Masaryk University, Czechia *Correspondence: Larraitz N. Zumeta larraitznerea.zumeta@ehu.eus orcid.org/0000-0003-0108-7331 Pablo Castro-Abril pabloenrique.castro@ehu.eus orcid.org/0000-0001-9074-3921 Specialty section: This article was submitted to Personality and Social Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology Received: 17 September 2020 Accepted: 11 November 2020 Published: 11 December 2020 Citation: Zumeta LN, Castro-Abril P, Méndez L, Pizarro JJ, Wlodarczyk A, Basabe N, Navarro-Carrillo G, Padoan-De Luca S, da Costa S, Alonso-Arbiol I, Torres-Gómez B, Cakal H, Delfino G, Techio EM, Alzugaray C, Bilbao M, Villagrán L, López-López W, Ruiz-Pérez JI, Cedeño CC, Reyes-Valenzuela C, Alfaro-Beracoechea L, Contreras-Ibáñez C, Ibarra ML, Reyes-Sosa H, Cueto RM, Carvalho CL and Pinto IR (2020) Collective Effervescence, Self-Transcendence, and Gender Differences in Social Well-Being During 8 March Demonstrations. Front. Psychol. 11:607538. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.607538 Collective Effervescence, Self-Transcendence, and Gender Differences in Social Well-Being During 8 March Demonstrations Larraitz N. Zumeta 1 * , Pablo Castro-Abril 1 * , Lander Méndez 1 , José J. Pizarro 1 , Anna Wlodarczyk 2 , Nekane Basabe 1 , Ginés Navarro-Carrillo 3 , Sonia Padoan-De Luca 1 , Silvia da Costa 1 , Itziar Alonso-Arbiol 4 , Bárbara Torres-Gómez 4 , Huseyin Cakal 5 , Gisela Delfino 6 , Elza M. Techio 7 , Carolina Alzugaray 8 , Marian Bilbao 9 , Loreto Villagrán 10 , Wilson López-López 11 , José Ignacio Ruiz-Pérez 12 , Cynthia C. Cedeño 13 , Carlos Reyes-Valenzuela 14 , Laura Alfaro-Beracoechea 15 , Carlos Contreras-Ibáñez 16 , Manuel Leonardo Ibarra 17 , Hiram Reyes-Sosa 18 , Rosa María Cueto 19 , Catarina L. Carvalho 20 and Isabel R. Pinto 20 1 Department of Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, San Sebastian/Donostia, Spain, 2 School of Psychology, Catholic University of North, Antofagasta, Chile, 3 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain, 4 Department of Clinical and Health Psychology and Research Methods, Faculty of Psychology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU (for its Spanish/Basque initials), San Sebastian/Donostia, Spain, 5 School of Psychology, Keele University, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, 6 Centre of Research in Psychology and Psychopedagogy, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 7 Laboratory for the Study of Psychological and Social Processes (LEPPS), Institute of Psychology, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador de Bahía, Brazil, 8 School of Psychology, Santo Tomas University, Concepción, Chile, 9 Faculty of Psychology, Alberto Hurtado University, Santiago, Chile, 10 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Concepcion University, Concepción, Chile, 11 Department of Psychology, Pontifical Xavierian University, Bogota, Colombia, 12 Department of Psychology, National University of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, 13 Faculty of Psychology, Salesian Polytechnic University, Quito, Ecuador, 14 Andean Human Rights Program, Andean Simón Bolivar University, Quito, Ecuador, 15 Department of Communication and Psychology, University Centre of Ciénega, University of Guadalajara, Ocotlán, Mexico, 16 Laboratory of Social Cognition, Department of Sociology, Autonomous Metropolitan University, Iztapalapa, Mexico, 17 University Campus in Nezahualcóyotl, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico, 18 Department of Social Psychology, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Saltillo, Mexico, 19 Department of Psychology, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima, Peru, 20 Laboratory of Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal 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 Frontiers in Psychology | www.frontiersin.org 1 December 2020 | Volume 11 | Article 607538