accustomed, especially when such systems are legitimate and stable (Jost et al., 2012). Hence, members of low-status groups are more likely to justify disadvantageous realities because justification...

The System Justification Conundrum: Re-examining the Cognitive Dissonance Basis for System JustificationIn a landmark 1994 publication in the British Journal of Social Psychology, Jost and Banaji...

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...

This study tests specific competing hypotheses from social dominance theory/realistic conflict theory (RCT) versus system justification theory about the role of...

(2016). Reactions to group devaluation and social inequality: A comparison of social identity and system justification predictions. Cogent Psychology: Vol. 3, No. 1, 1188442.

The recent global recession revealed a huge social‐class divide between the economic outcomes of the affluent and their less endowed counterparts. Although this divide has bred social unrest in some...

System-justification theory (SJT) proposes that people have an inherent motive to support societal systems, even at the expense of their personal and group inte...

We examined a proposition based on social identity theory that socially creative appraisals of rejection can boost the well‐being of strongly identifying ethnic migrants. We piloted this proposition...

Is support for societal systems amongst the disadvantaged driven by an (un)conscious system justification motive that is independent from self‐interests? System justification theory (SJT) is unique...

To investigate the existence of an autonomous system justification motive that guides human behavior, we tested the dissonance-inspired strong system-…

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The debate between the proponents of SIMSA and SJT does not pivot on whether system justification occurs – we all agree that system justification does occur. The issue is why it occurs? System...

Do the disadvantaged have an autonomous system justification motivation that operates against their personal and group interests? System justification theory (SJT; Jost & Banaji, 1994, Br. J. Soc....

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(2019). Evidence of decreased system justification among extreme conservatives in non-American samples. The Journal of Social Psychology: Vol. 159, No. 6, pp. 725-745.

Three experiments tested two competing hypotheses about the legitimacy of social systems among disadvantaged groups. The first hypothesis was derived from social identity theory, and assumes that...

Revisiting the status-legitimacy hypothesis: Concepts, boundary conditions, and psychological mechanisms - Volume 13

The status-legitimacy hypothesis proposes that people with lower socioeconomic status (SES) are more likely to justify the social system than those with higher ...

A large stream of research has shown that emotional reactions have a powerful impact on political choices and decision‐making processes. Yet little is known about individual‐level differences in...