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Subjective status and perceived legitimacy across countries.

ABSTRACT: The 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.

SUBMITTER: Brandt MJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7507836 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Subjective status and perceived legitimacy across countries.

Brandt Mark J MJ Kuppens Toon T Spears Russell R Andrighetto Luca L Autin Frederique F Babincak Peter P Badea Constantina C Bae Jaechang J Batruch Anatolia A Becker Julia C JC Bocian Konrad K Bodroža Bojana B Bourguignon David D Bukowski Marcin M Butera Fabrizio F Butler Sarah E SE Chryssochoou Xenia X Conway Paul P Conway Paul P Crawford Jarret T JT Croizet Jean-Claude JC de Lemus Soledad S Degner Juliane J Dragon Piotr P Durante Federica F Easterbrook Matthew J MJ Essien Iniobong I Forgas Joseph P JP González Roberto R Graf Sylvie S Halama Peter P Han Gyuseog G Hong Ryan Y RY Houdek Petr P Igou Eric R ER Inbar Yoel Y Jetten Jolanda J Jimenez Leal William W Jiménez-Moya Gloria G Karunagharan Jaya Kumar JK Kende Anna A Korzh Maria M Laham Simon M SM Lammers Joris J Lim Li L Manstead Antony S R ASR Međedović Janko J Melton Zachary J ZJ Motyl Matt M Ntani Spyridoula S Owuamalam Chuma Kevin CK Peker Müjde M Platow Michael J MJ Prims J P JP Reyna Christine C Rubin Mark M Saab Rim R Sankaran Sindhuja S Shepherd Lee L Sibley Chris G CG Sobkow Agata A Spruyt Bram B Stroebaek Pernille P Sümer Nebi N Sweetman Joseph J Teixeira Catia P CP Toma Claudia C Ujhelyi Adrienn A van der Toorn Jojanneke J van Hiel Alain A Vásquez-Echeverría Alejandro A Vazquez Alexandra A Vianello Michelangelo M Vranka Marek M Yzerbyt Vincent V Zimmerman Jennifer L JL

European journal of social psychology 20200630 5

The 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 (<i>N</i> = 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 a ...[more]

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