System Justification - Economic or Economic System Justification (ESJ)

Jost, J. T., & Thompson, E. P. (2000). Group-based dominance and opposition to equality as independent predictors of self-esteem, ethnocentrism, and social policy attitudes among African Americans and European Americans. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 36(3), 209-232. external image clear.gifdoi:10.1006/jesp.1999.1403
The measure: Jost & Thompson (2000) System Justification - Economic.doc
See also the scales on system justification of gender inequality and of the American social system.


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Description

History of Use

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Description:

Purpose
The ESJ measure was designed to assess the tendency to "legitimize economic inequality" (Jost & Thompson, 2000, p. 225).
Questions
17 items using 9-point ratings (1 = strongly disagree to 9 = strongly agree)
Sub-scales
N/A
Domain

Psychometrics

Sample items
  • If people work hard, they almost always get what they want.

References:

Scale:
Jost, J. T., & Thompson, E. P. (2000). Group-based dominance and opposition to equality as independent predictors of self-esteem, ethnocentrism, and social policy attitudes among African Americans and European Americans. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 36(3), 209-232. external image clear.gifdoi:10.1006/jesp.1999.1403

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