System‐justifying beliefs buffer against psychological distress during the COVID‐19 pandemic

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

British Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2024-06-24 DOI:10.1111/bjso.12779

Ronghua Xu, Yi Ding, Yongyu Guo, Jan‐Willem van Prooijen

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Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has had a detrimental effect on people's mental health. Drawing on the palliative function of ideologies, we suggest that people rely on system‐justifying beliefs to mitigate psychological distress during the pandemic. We conducted three studies with correlational and experimental designs to examine whether and how system‐justifying beliefs can buffer against psychological distress during COVID‐19, and whether this effect may vary across social classes. The results indicated that (a) system‐justifying beliefs alleviated psychological distress during the pandemic, (b) personal control mediated this relationship and (c) this effect was consistent across all social classes. This study provides robust evidence for the palliative function of system‐justifying beliefs during a massive global health crisis (i.e. COVID‐19).

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在 COVID-19 大流行期间，系统证明信念可缓冲心理压力

冠状病毒病 2019（COVID-19）大流行对人们的心理健康产生了不利影响。借鉴意识形态的缓和功能，我们认为人们在大流行期间依靠系统合理化信念来减轻心理压力。我们进行了三项研究，分别采用相关性和实验性设计，以探讨在 COVID-19 期间，制度证明信仰是否以及如何缓冲心理困扰，以及这种效应是否会因社会阶层的不同而有所差异。研究结果表明：(a) 在大流行病期间，系统合理性信念减轻了心理压力；(b) 个人控制在这种关系中起了中介作用；(c) 这种效应在所有社会阶层中都是一致的。这项研究提供了有力的证据，证明在大规模全球健康危机（即 COVID-19）期间，系统合理化信念具有缓解功能。

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British Journal of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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9.50

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7.40%

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