Why men (and women) do and don't rebel: Effects of system justification on willingness to protest

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-208

  Jost, John T ^a   Chaikalis Petritsis, Vagelis ^b   Abrams, Dominic ^b   Sidanius, Jim ^c   van der Toorn, Jojanneke ^d   Bratt, Christopher ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anger; collective protest; group identification; political activism; system justification; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CIVIL DISORDER; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANGER; CIVIL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856145467     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211422544     Document Type: Article

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