Antecedents and consequences of system justification among Iranian migrants in Western Europe
Author(s) / Creator(s)
van Bezouw, Maarten Johannes
van der Toorn, Jojanneke
Honari, Ali
Rijken, Arieke J.
Abstract / Description
Seeing the sociopolitical system as fair and legitimate is important for people’s participation in civic duties, political action, and the functioning of society in general. However, little is known about when migrants, without life-long socialization in a certain system, justify the sociopolitical system of their host country and how system justification influences their political participation. We examined antecedents of system justification using a survey among Iranian migrants in eight European countries (N = 935). Subsequently, we examined the relationship between system justification and political participation intentions. We found that system justification beliefs are generally high in our sample, mainly stemming from an assessment of opportunity to achieve changes in intergroup relations. Stronger social identity threat, feeling disadvantaged, a longer residence in Europe, and perceived intergroup stability all relate to less system justification. Conversely, stronger efficacy beliefs bolster system justification. Furthermore, we found some support for a curvilinear relationship between system justification and political participation intentions, but the size of this effect is small. The results show that the high levels of system justification of Iranian migrants are at risk when discrimination and disadvantage are perceived to be stable facets of society. Surprisingly, political participation to better Iranian migrants’ societal position is barely affected by system justification. We discuss implications and further research that can increase understanding of system justification among migrants.
Keyword(s)
system justification theory Iranian migrants political participation migrationPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2021-12-07
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Volume
9
Issue
2
Page numbers
637–653
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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publishedVersion
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peerReviewed
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van Bezouw, M. J., van der Toorn, J., Honari, A., & Rijken, A. J. (2021). Antecedents and consequences of system justification among Iranian migrants in Western Europe. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 9(2), 637-653. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.5445
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Author(s) / Creator(s)van Bezouw, Maarten Johannes
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Author(s) / Creator(s)van der Toorn, Jojanneke
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Honari, Ali
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Rijken, Arieke J.
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Date of first publication2021-12-07
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Abstract / DescriptionSeeing the sociopolitical system as fair and legitimate is important for people’s participation in civic duties, political action, and the functioning of society in general. However, little is known about when migrants, without life-long socialization in a certain system, justify the sociopolitical system of their host country and how system justification influences their political participation. We examined antecedents of system justification using a survey among Iranian migrants in eight European countries (N = 935). Subsequently, we examined the relationship between system justification and political participation intentions. We found that system justification beliefs are generally high in our sample, mainly stemming from an assessment of opportunity to achieve changes in intergroup relations. Stronger social identity threat, feeling disadvantaged, a longer residence in Europe, and perceived intergroup stability all relate to less system justification. Conversely, stronger efficacy beliefs bolster system justification. Furthermore, we found some support for a curvilinear relationship between system justification and political participation intentions, but the size of this effect is small. The results show that the high levels of system justification of Iranian migrants are at risk when discrimination and disadvantage are perceived to be stable facets of society. Surprisingly, political participation to better Iranian migrants’ societal position is barely affected by system justification. We discuss implications and further research that can increase understanding of system justification among migrants.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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Citationvan Bezouw, M. J., van der Toorn, J., Honari, A., & Rijken, A. J. (2021). Antecedents and consequences of system justification among Iranian migrants in Western Europe. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 9(2), 637-653. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.5445en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/5663
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6267
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.5445
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.5246
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Keyword(s)system justification theoryen_US
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Keyword(s)Iranian migrantsen_US
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Keyword(s)political participationen_US
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Keyword(s)migrationen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleAntecedents and consequences of system justification among Iranian migrants in Western Europeen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Page numbers637–653
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Volume9
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