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The role of system justification theory in support of the government under long-term conservative party dominance in Japan
The applicability of system justification theory (SJT) in Japan, where political contexts differ from those in Western countries, was evaluated in this study. SJT explains the psychological mechanisms underlying conservatism. Japan, which has a relatively long history as a democracy among East Asian...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10095829/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37063571 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.909022 |
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author | Nakagoshi, Mizuki Inamasu, Kazunori |
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description | The applicability of system justification theory (SJT) in Japan, where political contexts differ from those in Western countries, was evaluated in this study. SJT explains the psychological mechanisms underlying conservatism. Japan, which has a relatively long history as a democracy among East Asian countries, has a special political context. For instance, (1) it has had almost uninterrupted conservative governance since the end of World War II; and (2) unlike Western countries, opinions on economic issues are not clearly linked to conservative attitudes. A web survey of Japanese voters (n = 1,428) revealed that high general system justification (GSJ) and economic system justification (ESJ) were correlated with conservatism. Further, path analysis results showed that GSJ and ESJ predicted conservative attitudes. Additional analysis suggested that the status-legitimacy hypothesis, in which lower status groups have higher system justification motives, is not supported. |
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spelling | pubmed-100958292023-04-13 The role of system justification theory in support of the government under long-term conservative party dominance in Japan Nakagoshi, Mizuki Inamasu, Kazunori Front Psychol Psychology The applicability of system justification theory (SJT) in Japan, where political contexts differ from those in Western countries, was evaluated in this study. SJT explains the psychological mechanisms underlying conservatism. Japan, which has a relatively long history as a democracy among East Asian countries, has a special political context. For instance, (1) it has had almost uninterrupted conservative governance since the end of World War II; and (2) unlike Western countries, opinions on economic issues are not clearly linked to conservative attitudes. A web survey of Japanese voters (n = 1,428) revealed that high general system justification (GSJ) and economic system justification (ESJ) were correlated with conservatism. Further, path analysis results showed that GSJ and ESJ predicted conservative attitudes. Additional analysis suggested that the status-legitimacy hypothesis, in which lower status groups have higher system justification motives, is not supported. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10095829/ /pubmed/37063571 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.909022 Text en Copyright © 2023 Nakagoshi and Inamasu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Nakagoshi, Mizuki Inamasu, Kazunori The role of system justification theory in support of the government under long-term conservative party dominance in Japan |
title | The role of system justification theory in support of the government under long-term conservative party dominance in Japan |
title_full | The role of system justification theory in support of the government under long-term conservative party dominance in Japan |
title_fullStr | The role of system justification theory in support of the government under long-term conservative party dominance in Japan |
title_full_unstemmed | The role of system justification theory in support of the government under long-term conservative party dominance in Japan |
title_short | The role of system justification theory in support of the government under long-term conservative party dominance in Japan |
title_sort | role of system justification theory in support of the government under long-term conservative party dominance in japan |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10095829/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37063571 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.909022 |
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