TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Democracy justifies the means: political group structure moderates the perceived legitimacy of intergroup aggression
JO  - Personality and social psychology bulletin
A1  - Falomir-Pichastor, Juan M.
A1  - Staerklé, Christian
A1  - Depuiset, Marie-Aude
A1  - Butera, Fabrizio
SP  - 1683
EP  - 1695
VL  - 31
IS  - 12
N2  - The present research tested the hypothesis that the political structure of conflicting groups moderates perceived legitimacy of intergroup aggression. In two experiments, participants read scenarios of fictitious summer camps in which members of one group aggressed members of another group. The political structure of both the perpetrator and the victim groups was described as either egalitarian (defined with democratic decision-making procedures) or hierarchical (authoritarian decision-making procedures). Results of both experiments showed that aggressions perpetrated by members of egalitarian groups at the expense of members of hierarchical groups were evaluated as less illegitimate than aggressions committed in the three remaining conditions. This effect is discussed as a function of the higher social value attributed to democratic groups.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-1672
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167205278260
ID  - ref1
ER  -