
pmid: 32999511
pmc: PMC7507836
AbstractThe relationships between subjective status and perceived legitimacy are important for understanding the extent to which people with low status are complicit in their oppression. We use novel data from 66 samples and 30 countries (N = 12,788) and find that people with higher status see the social system as more legitimate than those with lower status, but there is variation across people and countries. The association between subjective status and perceived legitimacy was never negative at any levels of eight moderator variables, although the positive association was sometimes reduced. Although not always consistent with hypotheses, group identification, self‐esteem, and beliefs in social mobility were all associated with perceived legitimacy among people who have low subjective status. These findings enrich our understanding of the relationship between social status and legitimacy.
COMPENSATORY, Sociology and Political Science, SELF-ESTEEM, L300, FOS: Political science, 150, Social Sciences, legitimacy, UNCERTAINTY, Intergroup Relations and Social Identity Theories, Social psychology, Status, Social Identity, System justification, Models, System-Justification Theory, Psychology, Psicología social, Political science, Research Articles, 3207 Social Psychology, legitimacy; social identity; status; system justification, HYPOTHESIS, 10 Reducción de las desigualdades, social identity, Politics, Uncertainty, Social identity, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, Hypothesis, Oppression, FOS: Psychology, 10 Reduced Inequality, Stability, system justification, CONTROL, H Social Sciences (General), 330, STRATEGIES, Psychologie sociale, Social Psychology, Cultural Psychology and Values Research, Association (psychology), MODELS, POWER, FOS: Law, SYSTEM-JUSTIFICATION THEORY, [SHS.PSY] Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology, Moderation, Self-Esteem, Cultural Capital and Social Class in Education, System Justification, SOCIAL IDENTITY, COMPENSATORY CONTROL, status, Compensatory Control, STABILITY, Dynamique des groupes, Identidad social, Estatus social y lenguaje, Psicología, 300, C800, Social status, Inequality, Power, Psychotherapist, INEQUALITY, Law, Legitimacy
COMPENSATORY, Sociology and Political Science, SELF-ESTEEM, L300, FOS: Political science, 150, Social Sciences, legitimacy, UNCERTAINTY, Intergroup Relations and Social Identity Theories, Social psychology, Status, Social Identity, System justification, Models, System-Justification Theory, Psychology, Psicología social, Political science, Research Articles, 3207 Social Psychology, legitimacy; social identity; status; system justification, HYPOTHESIS, 10 Reducción de las desigualdades, social identity, Politics, Uncertainty, Social identity, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, Hypothesis, Oppression, FOS: Psychology, 10 Reduced Inequality, Stability, system justification, CONTROL, H Social Sciences (General), 330, STRATEGIES, Psychologie sociale, Social Psychology, Cultural Psychology and Values Research, Association (psychology), MODELS, POWER, FOS: Law, SYSTEM-JUSTIFICATION THEORY, [SHS.PSY] Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology, Moderation, Self-Esteem, Cultural Capital and Social Class in Education, System Justification, SOCIAL IDENTITY, COMPENSATORY CONTROL, status, Compensatory Control, STABILITY, Dynamique des groupes, Identidad social, Estatus social y lenguaje, Psicología, 300, C800, Social status, Inequality, Power, Psychotherapist, INEQUALITY, Law, Legitimacy
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