TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Belief in social mobility mitigates hostility resulting from disadvantaged social standing
JO  - Personality and social psychology bulletin
A1  - Sagioglou, Christina
A1  - Forstmann, Matthias
A1  - Greitemeyer, Tobias
SP  - 541
EP  - 556
VL  - 45
IS  - 4
N2  - Comparing economically unfavorably with similar others has detrimental consequences for an individual, ultimately resulting in low physical health, delinquency, and hostility. In four studies ( N = 2,032), we examined whether believing in a mobile society-one offering fair chances and opportunity-mitigates hostile emotions resulting from disadvantaged social standing. We find that with increasing mobility belief, negative comparisons have gradually less impact on hostility. Specifically, measured (Studies 1 and 4) and manipulated (Studies 2 and 3) social mobility belief moderated the link between induced high versus low social status, experiencing relative deprivation, and hostile affect. A positive outcome on the surface, social mobility belief may indirectly contribute to the maintenance of social inequality by appeasing anger about perceived injustice.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-1672
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167218789073
ID  - ref1
ER  -