Through Rose-Colored Glasses: System-Justifying Beliefs Dampen the Effects of Relative Deprivation on Well-Being and Political Mobilization

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 991-1004

  Osborne, Danny ^a   Sibley, Chris G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

false consciousness; life satisfaction; mental health; political mobilization; relative deprivation; system justification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POLITICAL MOBILIZATION; POLITICS; RELATIVE DEPRIVATION; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEM JUSTIFICATION;

FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS; LIFE SATISFACTION; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICAL MOBILIZATION; RELATIVE DEPRIVATION; SYSTEM JUSTIFICATION;

CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84879897695     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213487997     Document Type: Article

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