Jonkers, Lotte (2023) Does societal discontent predict prejudice? The role of low- and high socio-economic status. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The aim of this thesis was to investigate to what extent societal discontent predicted prejudice and whether this is the same for people with either a relatively high or low objective or self-perceived socio-economic status (SES). By means of a sample of 467 participants, we found as hypothesized, that for low-SES people, societal discontent predicted more prejudice toward high-status people. However, high-SES people showed the same relation between these variables. Further, not as hypothesized, societal discontent predicted less prejudice toward refugees instead of more among low-SES people. However, societal discontent indirectly predicted more prejudice towards refugees via increased realistic threat. Interestingly, this was the same for high self-perceived SES participants. Finally, not as hypothesized, societal discontent not predicted more prejudice towards low-status people. However, we found that societal discontent indirectly predicted prejudice towards low-status people via increased status threat. However, this was also the case for low self-perceived and objective SES participants. This study adds to previous research supporting the link between societal discontent and prejudice and extends it by focusing on different outgroups and the role of threat. Interestingly, the relation between societal discontent and prejudice is in some cases different from what was found before in literature. Taken together, the current research shows how prejudice against different groups is related to how people feel about society in general, and as such can offer some practical implications. Keywords: societal discontent, prejudice, socio-economic status, realistic threat, status threat
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Gordijn, E.H. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Applied Social Psychology (ASP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Apr 2023 13:03 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2023 13:03 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1883 |
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