Personal Relative Deprivation Increases Men's (but Not Women's) Hostile Sexism
The Mediating Role of Sense of Control
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12005295 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fei Teng (0000-0003-0371-1142, South China Normal University), Xijing Wang (0000-0003-3923-6064, Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, HK SAR, China, corresponding author), Yi’an Li (South China Normal University), Yue Zhang (0000-0003-1198-882X, South China Normal University), Qiao Lei (South China Normal University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 231-249 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychology of Women Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-6843 • E-ISSN: 1471-6402 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/03616843221145877 |
| OpenAlex | W4313417655 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 117 |
Hostile sexism is a blatant and explicit form of sexism consisting of antagonistic attitudes toward women. We hypothesized that men's personal relative deprivation, a subjectively perceived disadvantage, would predict their hostile sexism toward women. In addition, we expected that, if this effect occurs, a sense of control would act as a mediator. Five studies ( N = 1352) confirmed these hypotheses. Study 1 showed that personal relative deprivation predicted hostile sexism only for men, but not for women among Chinese college students. In addition, we observed the effect of personal relative deprivation only on hostile sexism, but not on benevolent sexism. Study 2, which employed participants from the United States, directly replicated the findings of Study 1. Studies 3 and 4 further showed that a sense of control acted as a mediator in this process. As such, increased hostile sexism attitude (Study 3) and hostile sexism behavior (Study 4) predicted by personal relative deprivation could result from a reduced sense of control. Study 5 further provided causal evidence that a temporarily induced state of personal relative deprivation resulted in a higher level of hostile sexism via a reduced sense of control. We discuss theoretical and practical implications for relative deprivation, gender inequality, and interventions
Developmental psychology · Hostility · Relative deprivation · Sense of control · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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