Subjective status and perceived legitimacy across countries
European Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 50, pp. 921–942
Abstract
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.
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Mark John Brandt corresponding
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Tilburg University Tilburg The Netherlands
Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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University of Groningen
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University of Groningen
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University of Genova
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Université de Poitiers · Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition et l'Apprentissage
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CeRCA Université de Poitiers CNRS
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University of Presov
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Université Paris Nanterre
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Gwangju Welfare Foundation
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University of Lausanne
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University of Osnabrueck
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Sopot Faculty of Psychology SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities
Sopot Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities
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Department of Psychology Faculty of Philosophy University of Novi Sad Novi Sad Serbia
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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University of Lorraine
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Jagiellonian University
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University of Lausanne
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College of DuPage
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Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
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Florida State University
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The College of New Jersey
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Université Clermont Auvergne
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Université Clermont‐Auvergne et CNRS
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University of Granada
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Hamburg University
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Jagiellonian University
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University of Milano‐Bicocca
University of Milano-Bicocca
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University of Sussex
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FernUniversität in Hagen
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University of New South Wales
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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Czech Academy of Sciences
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Slovak Academy of Sciences
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Chonnam National University
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National University of Singapore
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National University of Singapore
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Prague University of Economics and Business
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University of Economics in Prague
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University of Limerick
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University of Toronto
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University of Queensland
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Universidad de los Andes
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
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The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
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ELTE Eötvös Loránd University Budapest Hungary
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Ural State Law University
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University of Melbourne
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University of Cologne
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Cardiff University
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Institute of Criminological & Sociological Research
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Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research Belgrade Serbia
Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, Belgrade, Serbia
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University of Illinois Chicago
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University of Illinois Chicago IL USA
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA
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Civil Politics
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Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
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University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
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The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
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MEF University
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Australian National University
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The Australian National University
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University of Illinois Chicago
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University of Illinois Chicago IL USA
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA
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DePaul University
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University of Newcastle Australia
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The University of Newcastle Australia
The University of Newcastle, Australia
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American University of Beirut
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Northumbria University
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University of Auckland
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Wroclaw Faculty of Psychology SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities
Wroclaw Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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University of Copenhagen
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Sabanci University
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University of Exeter
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University of Groningen
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ELTE Eötvös Loránd University Budapest Hungary
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Utrecht University
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Alain Van Hiel Aachen
Leiden University · Ghent University
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Leiden University
University of Gent
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Universidad de la República de Uruguay
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Universidad de la República Montevideo Uruguay
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Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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University of Padova
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Charles University
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Université catholique de Louvain
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DePaul University
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