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Individual, group, and temporal perspectives on the link between wealth and rea...
Celikkol, Göksu; Renvik, Tuuli Anna; Sortheix, Florencia M.; Jasinskaja-Lahti, Inga; Jetten, Jolanda; Ariyanto, Amarina; Autin, Frédérique; Ayub, NadiaIn this 28-country study (N = 6112), we assessed how subjective perceptions and objective indicators of wealth were associated with majority group members’ perceptions of realistic threat related to immigration. Subjective wealth was assessed by individuals’ perceptions of their personal wealth (current/anticipated) and of their coun- try ́s wealth, whereas objective country-level wealth was assessed by GDP and...
Materialist and post-materialist concerns and the wish for a strong leader in 2...
Lima, Marcus E. O.; de França, Dalila X.; Jetten, Jolanda; Pereira, Cícero R.; Wohl, Michael J. A.; Jasinskaja-Lahti, Inga; Hong, Ying-yiThere is evidence that democracies are under threat around the world while the quest for strong leaders is increasing. Although the causes of these developments are complex and multifaceted, here we focus on one factor: the extent to which citizens express materialist and post-materialist concerns. We explore whether objective higher levels of democracy are differentially associated with materialist and post-ma...
“Our Country Needs a Strong Leader Right Now”: Economic Inequality Enhances the...
Sprong, Stefanie; Jetten, Jolanda; Wang, Zhechen; Peters, Kim; Mols, Frank; Verkuyten, Maykel; Bastian, Brock; Ariyanto, Amarina; Autin, FrédériqueSocietal inequality has been found to harm the mental and physical health of its members and undermine overall social cohesion. Here, we tested the hypothesis that economic inequality is associated with a wish for a strong leader in a study involving 28 countries from five continents (Study 1, N = 6,112), a study involving an Australian community sample (Study 2, N = 515), and two experiments (Study 3a, N = 96;...
Regaining In-Group Continuity in Times of Anxiety About the Group’s Future. A S...
Smeekes, Anouk; Jetten, Jolanda; Verkuyten, Maykel; et al.; Costa-Lopes, RuiCollective nostalgia for the good old days of the country thrives across the world. However, little is known about the social psychological dynamics of this collective emotion across cultures. We predicted that collective nostalgia is triggered by collective angst as it helps people to restore a sense of in-group continuity via stronger in-group belonging and out-group rejection (in the form of opposition to im...
Revisiting the measurement of anomie
Teymoori, Ali; Jetten, Jolanda; Bastian, Brock; Ariyanto, Amarina; Autin, Frédérique; Ayub, Nadia; Badea, Constantina; Besta, Tomasz; Butera, FabrizioSociologists coined the term “anomie” to describe societies that are characterized by disintegration and deregulation. Extending beyond conceptualizations of anomie that conflate the measurements of anomie as ‘a state of society’ and as a ‘state of mind’, we disentangle these conceptualizations and develop an analysis and measure of this phenomenon focusing on anomie as a perception of the ‘state of society’. W...
Revisiting the Measurement of Anomie
Teymoori, Ali; Jetten, Jolanda; Bastian, Brock; Ariyanto, Amarina; Autin, Frédérique; Ayub, Nadia; Badea, Constantina; Besta, Tomasz; Butera, FabrizioSociologists coined the term "anomie" to describe societies that are characterized by disintegration and deregulation. Extending beyond conceptualizations of anomie that conflate the measurements of anomie as 'a state of society' and as a 'state of mind', we disentangle these conceptualizations and develop an analysis and measure of this phenomenon focusing on anomie as a perception of the 'state of society'. W...