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System circumvention: Dishonest-illegal transgressions are perceived as justified in non-meritocratic societies
Br J Soc Psychol. 2024 Mar 8. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12737. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDoes believing that "effort doesn't pay" in society shape how people view dishonest-illegal transgressions? Across five studies, we show that when people view societal success as non-meritocratic-that is, more dependent on luck and circumstances than on hard work-they are more lenient in their moral judgements of dishonest-illegal transgressions. Perceiving society as non-meritocratic predicted greater justifiability of dishonest-illegal transgressions in the United States (Study 2), and across 42 countries (N = 49,574; Study 1). And induc...
Source: The British Journal of Social Psychology - March 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hyunjin J Koo Paul K Piff Jake P Moskowitz Azim F Shariff Source Type: research

Lived experiences of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in the UK: Migration and identity
This study examined first-hand accounts of such experiences, with special attention paid to identity and acculturation. Data were collected through four semi-structured interviews and analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). The results suggest that SLTRs' experience of conflict as an imposed life disruption continues to shape their adaptation, identity, and meaning-making ("Afflicted life"). Changing social identities mediate protection from, as well as risk of, trauma. SLTRs try to remedy the socio-economic and emotional losses suffered in the conflict, but achieve only a partial compensation. Conse...
Source: The British Journal of Social Psychology - March 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jana Warren Dennis Nigbur Source Type: research

Can agentic messages help? Linguistic strategies to counteract voice-based sexual orientation discrimination
We examined whether uttering an agency-based message decreased discrimination expectancy and enactment. In Study 1a (N = 256; gay and bisexual men) and Study 1b (N = 216; gay men), speakers uttered agentic (vs. neutral) messages. We assessed their self-perception as gay sounding, agency self-attribution and discrimination expectancy. Uttering agentic (vs. neutral) messages made the speakers self-perceive as more agentic and this decreased discrimination expectancy. Additionally, self-perception as gay sounding predicted discrimination expectancy. In Study 2 (N = 466), heterosexual participants listened to gay- and straight...
Source: The British Journal of Social Psychology - March 7, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Fabio Fasoli Magdalena Formanowicz Source Type: research