The Role of Threats in the Support of System-Justifying Beliefs.

IF 1.6 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psychology in Russia-State of the Art Pub Date : 2025-06-01 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.11621/pir.2025.0207

Irina S Prusova, Anna S Gorokhova

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Abstract

Background: Encounters with threats can lead to a motivation to justify the existing social system, which can be expressed through endorsement of system-justifying beliefs.

Objective: The aim of the study was to examine how difierent types of threats contribute to endorsement of system-justifying beliefs in the economic domain.

Design: We tested a theoretical model (N = 577) with internal threats (fear of death), economic threats (threats of poverty and socio-economic inequality), and subjective threat perception (belief in a dangerous and competitive world) as predictors; system-justifying beliefs (economic system justification, opposition to equality, dominance, and antiegalitarianism) served as dependent variables, and sociodemographic characteristics were included as control variables.

Results: Structural equation modeling showed adequate fit in the Russian context. Belief in a competitive world positively predicted dominance, antiegalitarianism, and opposition to equality, while belief in a dangerous world negatively predicted economic system justification. Fear of death positively predicted opposition to equality, whereas perceived economic threats (poverty and inequality) negatively predicted antiegalitarianism, and opposition to equality.

Conclusion: Dangerous and competitive worldviews, internal and economic threats contribute to the support of system-justifying beliefs in the economic domain.

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威胁在支持系统正当性信念中的作用。

背景：遭遇威胁会导致为现有社会制度辩护的动机，这可以通过支持系统辩护的信念来表达。目的：本研究的目的是研究不同类型的威胁如何促进经济领域的制度辩护信念的认可。设计：我们测试了一个理论模型（N = 577），内部威胁（对死亡的恐惧），经济威胁（对贫困和社会经济不平等的威胁）和主观威胁感知（对危险和竞争世界的信念）作为预测因素；系统论证信念（经济系统论证、反对平等、支配和反平均主义）作为因变量，社会人口特征作为控制变量。结果：结构方程模型在俄语语境下具有较好的拟合性。对竞争世界的信念积极地预测了统治、反平均主义和反对平等，而对危险世界的信念消极地预测了经济制度的正当性。对死亡的恐惧积极预测反对平等，而感知到的经济威胁（贫困和不平等）消极预测反平均主义和反对平等。结论：危险和竞争的世界观，内部和经济威胁有助于支持经济领域的制度合理化信念。

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Psychology in Russia-State of the Art PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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2.00

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14 weeks

期刊介绍： Established in 2008, the Russian Psychological Society''s Journal «Psychology in Russia: State of the Art» publishes original research on all aspects of general psychology including cognitive, clinical, developmental, social, neuropsychology, psychophysiology, psychology of labor and ergonomics, and methodology of psychological science. Journal''s list of authors comprises prominent scientists, practitioners and experts from leading Russian universities, research institutions, state ministries and private practice. Addressing current challenges of psychology, it also reviews developments in novel areas such as security, sport, and art psychology, as well as psychology of negotiations, cyberspace and virtual reality. The journal builds upon theoretical foundations laid by the works of Vygotsky, Luria and other Russian scientists whose works contributed to shaping the psychological science worldwide, and welcomes international submissions which make major contributions across the range of psychology, especially appreciating the ones conducted in the paradigm of the Russian psychological tradition. It enjoys a wide international readership and features reports of empirical studies, book reviews and theoretical contributions, which aim to further our understanding of psychology.