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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...
“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;...
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...
Black Immigrants in Portugal: LusoTropicalism and Prejudice
Vala, Jorge; Lopes, Diniz; Lima, MarcusThis article analyzes the relationship between the luso–tropicalist representation of the history of Portuguese colonization and overt as well as covert expressions of anti-immigrant prejudice. The luso–tropicalist representation emphasizes the uniqueness of the Portuguese colonial relations based on Portuguese empathy and capacity to deal with people from different cultures. This representation was created dur...
Identidades nacionais e memória social: hegemonia e polémica nas representações...
Cabecinhas, Rosa; Lima, Marcus; Chaves, Antônio M.O modo como os grupos nacionais representam a sua história é fundamental na definição da sua própria identidade. As representações do passado determinam a forma como cada grupo se posiciona no presente e as suas estratégias para o futuro. Nesta comunicação examinamos os resultados de um inquérito realizado junto de jovens em dois países, cuja história é marcada por uma longa relação de interdependência: Portuga...
Meritocratic individualism, cultural differentiation and racism
Vala, Jorge; Lima, MarcusThis paper analyses the effect of values of meritocratic individualism, of cultural change, and of the color of two groups (white vs. black) in the representation of those same groups. 108 white undergraduate students were distributed by six experimental conditions: 2 (skin color: white/black) x 2 (cultural change: becoming individualistic/remaining collectivist) x 2 (adhesion to meritocratic individualism valu...