The association between system-justifying ideologies and attitudes toward the social market economy in Germany

ABSTRACT: Although the legitimacy of an economic system is often dependent on citizen support, psychological research has paid little attention to attitudes toward economic systems. In the present study, we examined the link between two system-justifying ideologies, namely, right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO), and attitudes toward the social market economy in Germany. Drawing on system justification theory, we hypothesized that RWA would be positively and SDO negatively associated with support for the social market economy because the social component of the German economic system conflicts with beliefs inherent in SDO favoring a group-based hierarchy. Based on a quota sample of German adults (N = 886), we found support for the predicted associations of both syst

SUBMITTER: Jedinger A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10064620 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature