Economic system justification predicts muted emotional responses to inequality
Beliefs that justify the economic system buffer against the aversive emotional impact of inequality. Here the authors show that system-justifying economic ideology predicts dampened negativity, measured using self-reported and physiological responses, to manifestations of poverty and wealth.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14193-z |