Schaafsma, Silke (2024) Societal Discontent: Explained by Socioeconomic Status and Meta-perceptions, Influenced by Intergroup Contact? Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The aims of this study were to replicate whether socioeconomic status predicts the experience of societal discontent and whether this can be explained through negative meta-perceptions and relative deprivation. Further, the role of intergroup contact was examined, to see whether the strength of the relation between status, meta-perceptions and societal discontent is influenced by positive contact with groups of a higher SES. Survey data of 415 British participants was collected using Prolific. Results showed that a lower self-perceived SES predicted more societal discontent. Those with a lower self-perceived SES also experienced more negative meta-perceptions and relative deprivation than those with a higher SES. As expected, the relation between self-perceived SES and societal discontent is mediated by negative meta-perceptions and relative deprivation, and positive contact with groups of a higher SES moderated these relations. Only when people with a lower SES had less positive contact with higher SES groups, their SES more strongly predicted more meta-prejudice, perceived misrecognition and relative deprivation, and thus societal discontent. Contact also moderated the relation between income, meta-prejudice and perceived misrecognition, and discontent. This study partially replicates research about the relation between SES, meta-perceptions and discontent. Intergroup contact was newly introduced, showing that positive contact weakens these relations. Results imply that feeling like one is negatively perceived or looked down upon based on one’s lower status negatively impacts perceptions of society, as well as illustrating how this might be reduced. Practical implications are discussed.
| 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: | 14 Mar 2024 15:44 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2024 15:44 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3234 |
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