TY - JOUR
T1 - The Downside of Being Up
T2 - A New Look at Group Relative Gratification and Traditional Prejudice
AU - LeBlanc, Josée
AU - Beaton, Ann
AU - WALKER, Iain
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a doctoral scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada conferred to the first author (767-2010-1721) and a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada conferred to the second author (950-203481). The authors thank Tanya Monger for her assistance with data collection.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - In two experiments, we examine the moderating effect of the legitimacy and the stability of the advantaged in-group status on the relationship between measures of group relative gratification (GRG) and traditional prejudice among members of a structurally advantaged group. In Study 1, 133 participants learned that their advantaged in-group status was based on legitimate or illegitimate grounds. As expected, when participants learned of the legitimate status of their in-group, GRG was associated with the endorsement of traditional prejudice. In Study 2, 188 participants learned that their advantaged in-group status was expected to remain stable or to fluctuate. As predicted, when participants were alerted to the decline in the privileged status of the in-group, GRG was positively associated with traditional prejudice. These findings illuminate the ways in which members of advantaged groups perpetuate intergroup inequities and point to a fuller, more nuanced conceptualization of system stability
AB - In two experiments, we examine the moderating effect of the legitimacy and the stability of the advantaged in-group status on the relationship between measures of group relative gratification (GRG) and traditional prejudice among members of a structurally advantaged group. In Study 1, 133 participants learned that their advantaged in-group status was based on legitimate or illegitimate grounds. As expected, when participants learned of the legitimate status of their in-group, GRG was associated with the endorsement of traditional prejudice. In Study 2, 188 participants learned that their advantaged in-group status was expected to remain stable or to fluctuate. As predicted, when participants were alerted to the decline in the privileged status of the in-group, GRG was positively associated with traditional prejudice. These findings illuminate the ways in which members of advantaged groups perpetuate intergroup inequities and point to a fuller, more nuanced conceptualization of system stability
KW - Group relative gratification
KW - Legitimacy
KW - Prejudice
KW - Stability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84939990229&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11211-015-0233-y
DO - 10.1007/s11211-015-0233-y
M3 - Article
SN - 0885-7466
VL - 28
SP - 143
EP - 167
JO - Social Justice Research
JF - Social Justice Research
IS - 1
ER -