Antecedents and consequences of system justification among Iranian migrants in Western Europe

IF 1.8 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Journal of Social and Political Psychology Pub Date : 2021-12-07 DOI:10.5964/jspp.5445

M. J. van Bezouw, Jojanneke Van der Toorn, A. Honari, A. J. Rijken

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Abstract

Seeing the sociopolitical system as fair and legitimate is important for people’s participation in civic duties, political action, and the functioning of society in general. However, little is known about when migrants, without life-long socialization in a certain system, justify the sociopolitical system of their host country and how system justification influences their political participation. We examined antecedents of system justification using a survey among Iranian migrants in eight European countries (N = 935). Subsequently, we examined the relationship between system justification and political participation intentions. We found that system justification beliefs are generally high in our sample, mainly stemming from an assessment of opportunity to achieve changes in intergroup relations. Stronger social identity threat, feeling disadvantaged, a longer residence in Europe, and perceived intergroup stability all relate to less system justification. Conversely, stronger efficacy beliefs bolster system justification. Furthermore, we found some support for a curvilinear relationship between system justification and political participation intentions, but the size of this effect is small. The results show that the high levels of system justification of Iranian migrants are at risk when discrimination and disadvantage are perceived to be stable facets of society. Surprisingly, political participation to better Iranian migrants’ societal position is barely affected by system justification. We discuss implications and further research that can increase understanding of system justification among migrants.

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西欧伊朗移民制度正当化的前因后果

看到社会政治制度是公平和合法的，对于人们参与公民义务、政治行动和整个社会的运作是重要的。然而，对于移民在没有终身社会化的情况下，何时会为东道国的社会政治制度辩护，以及制度辩护如何影响他们的政治参与，人们知之甚少。我们通过对八个欧洲国家的伊朗移民(N = 935)的调查来检验制度正当性的前提。随后，我们考察了制度正当性与政治参与意愿之间的关系。我们发现，在我们的样本中，系统正当性信念通常很高，这主要源于对实现群体间关系变化的机会的评估。更强的社会身份威胁、感觉处于不利地位、在欧洲居住的时间更长，以及感知到的群体间稳定性，都与更少的制度正当性有关。相反，更强的效能信念支持系统正当性。此外，我们发现制度正当性与政治参与意愿之间存在一定的曲线关系，但这种影响的大小很小。结果表明，当歧视和劣势被认为是社会的稳定方面时，伊朗移民的高水平制度正当性面临风险。令人惊讶的是，改善伊朗移民社会地位的政治参与几乎没有受到制度正当性的影响。我们讨论了影响和进一步的研究，可以增加对移民制度合理性的理解。

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Journal of Social and Political Psychology Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

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2.70

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4.80%

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40 weeks

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