The Ego-Defensive Role of Legitimacy: How Threat-Based Justifications Protect the Self-Esteem of Discriminators

This article analyzes the ego-defensive role played by legitimation, by examining the hypothesis that threat-based justifications attenuate the negative effect on an individual’s self-esteem caused by his or her becoming aware of his or her own discriminatory behavior. Across three studies (includin...

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Main Author: Pereira, Cícero Roberto (author)
Other Authors: Álvaro, José Luís (author), Vala, Jorge (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
Subjects:
discrimination
legitimacy
self-esteem
threat perception
egalitarianism
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/33335
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/33335

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http://hdl.handle.net/10451/33335

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