TY - JOUR
T1 - Why men (and women) do and don't rebel
T2 - Effects of system justification on willingness to protest
AU - Jost, John T.
AU - Chaikalis-Petritsis, Vagelis
AU - Abrams, Dominic
AU - Sidanius, Jim
AU - van der Toorn, Jojanneke
AU - Bratt, Christopher
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by New York University as well as a University of Kent postgraduate scholarship, a British Psychological Society Postgraduate Study Visits Scheme Award, and a European Association of Social Psychology Postgraduate Travel Grant to the second author.
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - Three studies examined the hypothesis that system justification is negatively associated with collective protest against ingroup disadvantage. Effects of uncertainty salience, ingroup identification, and disruptive versus nondisruptive protest were also investigated. In Study 1, college students who were exposed to an uncertainty salience manipulation and who scored higher on system justification were less likely to protest against the governmental bailout of Wall Street. In Study 2, May Day protesters in Greece who were primed with a system-justifying stereotype exhibited less group-based anger and willingness to protest. In Study 3, members of a British teachers union who were primed with a "system-rejecting" mind-set exhibited decreased system justification and increased willingness to protest. The effect of system justification on nondisruptive protest was mediated by group-based anger. Across very different contexts, measures, and methods, the results reveal that, even among political activists, system justification plays a significant role in undermining willingness to protest.
AB - Three studies examined the hypothesis that system justification is negatively associated with collective protest against ingroup disadvantage. Effects of uncertainty salience, ingroup identification, and disruptive versus nondisruptive protest were also investigated. In Study 1, college students who were exposed to an uncertainty salience manipulation and who scored higher on system justification were less likely to protest against the governmental bailout of Wall Street. In Study 2, May Day protesters in Greece who were primed with a system-justifying stereotype exhibited less group-based anger and willingness to protest. In Study 3, members of a British teachers union who were primed with a "system-rejecting" mind-set exhibited decreased system justification and increased willingness to protest. The effect of system justification on nondisruptive protest was mediated by group-based anger. Across very different contexts, measures, and methods, the results reveal that, even among political activists, system justification plays a significant role in undermining willingness to protest.
KW - anger
KW - collective protest
KW - group identification
KW - political activism
KW - system justification
KW - uncertainty
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U2 - 10.1177/0146167211422544
DO - 10.1177/0146167211422544
M3 - Article
C2 - 21911420
AN - SCOPUS:84856145467
SN - 0146-1672
VL - 38
SP - 197
EP - 208
JO - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
JF - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
IS - 2
ER -