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The Influence of the Disadvantaged Mindset on System-Justifying Beliefs
System justification theory holds that disadvantaged groups rationalize the current social system, even if it is unfavorable to them. Epistemic, relational, and existential needs are factors that explain this phenomenon. However, the literature has not yet examined and explained when disadvantaged g...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8850299/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35185689 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.787417 |
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author | Yang, Lihua Tang, Shujun Li, Kai |
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description | System justification theory holds that disadvantaged groups rationalize the current social system, even if it is unfavorable to them. Epistemic, relational, and existential needs are factors that explain this phenomenon. However, the literature has not yet examined and explained when disadvantaged groups no longer rationalize current social systems. This study uses a questionnaire survey method (N = 745) to study the moderating effect of collectivism on disadvantaged mindset and system-justifying beliefs. It found that collectivism can influence the predictive effect of disadvantaged mindset on system-justifying beliefs. For people who scored low in collectivism, a disadvantaged mindset can significantly negatively predict system-justifying beliefs; for those who scored high in collectivism, a disadvantaged mindset no longer predicts system-justifying beliefs. Therefore, these results show that collectivist values are important for explaining system justification in disadvantaged groups. When collectivist values decline, the level of rationalization of the social system by disadvantaged groups also decreases. |
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spelling | pubmed-88502992022-02-18 The Influence of the Disadvantaged Mindset on System-Justifying Beliefs Yang, Lihua Tang, Shujun Li, Kai Front Psychol Psychology System justification theory holds that disadvantaged groups rationalize the current social system, even if it is unfavorable to them. Epistemic, relational, and existential needs are factors that explain this phenomenon. However, the literature has not yet examined and explained when disadvantaged groups no longer rationalize current social systems. This study uses a questionnaire survey method (N = 745) to study the moderating effect of collectivism on disadvantaged mindset and system-justifying beliefs. It found that collectivism can influence the predictive effect of disadvantaged mindset on system-justifying beliefs. For people who scored low in collectivism, a disadvantaged mindset can significantly negatively predict system-justifying beliefs; for those who scored high in collectivism, a disadvantaged mindset no longer predicts system-justifying beliefs. Therefore, these results show that collectivist values are important for explaining system justification in disadvantaged groups. When collectivist values decline, the level of rationalization of the social system by disadvantaged groups also decreases. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8850299/ /pubmed/35185689 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.787417 Text en Copyright © 2022 Yang, Tang and Li. 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 Yang, Lihua Tang, Shujun Li, Kai The Influence of the Disadvantaged Mindset on System-Justifying Beliefs |
title | The Influence of the Disadvantaged Mindset on System-Justifying Beliefs |
title_full | The Influence of the Disadvantaged Mindset on System-Justifying Beliefs |
title_fullStr | The Influence of the Disadvantaged Mindset on System-Justifying Beliefs |
title_full_unstemmed | The Influence of the Disadvantaged Mindset on System-Justifying Beliefs |
title_short | The Influence of the Disadvantaged Mindset on System-Justifying Beliefs |
title_sort | influence of the disadvantaged mindset on system-justifying beliefs |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8850299/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35185689 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.787417 |
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