TY - JOUR

T1 - Cultural Values Moderate the Impact of Relative Deprivation

AU - Smith, Heather J.

AU - Ryan, Desiree A.

AU - Jaurique, Alexandria

AU - Pettigrew, Thomas F.

AU - Jetten, Jolanda

AU - Ariyanto, Amarina

AU - Autin, Frédérique

AU - Ayub, Nadia

AU - Badea, Constantina

AU - Besta, Tomasz

AU - Butera, Fabrizio

AU - Costa-Lopes, Rui

AU - Cui, Lijuan

AU - Fantini, Carole

AU - Finchilescu, Gillian

AU - Gaertner, Lowell

AU - Gollwitzer, Mario

AU - Gómez, Ángel

AU - González, Roberto

AU - Hong, Ying Yi

AU - Høj Jensen, Dorthe

AU - Karasawa, Minoru

AU - Kessler, Thomas

AU - Klein, Olivier

AU - Lima, Marcus

AU - Renvik, Tuuli Anna

AU - Jasinskaja-Lahti, Inga

AU - Megevand, Laura

AU - Morton, Thomas

AU - Paladino, Paola

AU - Polya, Tibor

AU - Ruza, Aleksejs

AU - Shahrazad, Wan

AU - Sharma, Sushama

AU - Teymoori, Ali

AU - Torres, Ana Raquel

AU - van der Bles, Anne Marthe

AU - Wohl, Michael

PY - 2018/9/1

Y1 - 2018/9/1

N2 - Relative deprivation (RD) is the judgment that one or one’s ingroup is worse off compared with some relevant standard coupled with feelings of dissatisfaction, anger, and resentment. RD predicts a wide range of outcomes, but it is unclear whether this relationship is moderated by national cultural differences. Therefore, in the first study, we used national assessments of individual-collectivism and power distance to code 303 effect sizes from 31 different countries with 200,578 participants. RD predicted outcomes ranging from life satisfaction to collective action more strongly within individualistic nations. A second survey of 6,112 undergraduate university students from 28 different countries confirmed the predictive value of RD. Again, the relationship between individual RD and different outcomes was stronger for students who lived in more individualistic countries. Group-based RD also predicted political trust more strongly for students who lived in countries marked by lower power distance. RD effects, although consistent predictors, are culturally bounded. In particular, RD is more likely to motivate reactions within individualistic countries that emphasize individual agency and achievement as a source of self-worth.

AB - Relative deprivation (RD) is the judgment that one or one’s ingroup is worse off compared with some relevant standard coupled with feelings of dissatisfaction, anger, and resentment. RD predicts a wide range of outcomes, but it is unclear whether this relationship is moderated by national cultural differences. Therefore, in the first study, we used national assessments of individual-collectivism and power distance to code 303 effect sizes from 31 different countries with 200,578 participants. RD predicted outcomes ranging from life satisfaction to collective action more strongly within individualistic nations. A second survey of 6,112 undergraduate university students from 28 different countries confirmed the predictive value of RD. Again, the relationship between individual RD and different outcomes was stronger for students who lived in more individualistic countries. Group-based RD also predicted political trust more strongly for students who lived in countries marked by lower power distance. RD effects, although consistent predictors, are culturally bounded. In particular, RD is more likely to motivate reactions within individualistic countries that emphasize individual agency and achievement as a source of self-worth.

KW - Hofstede’s national values

KW - life satisfaction

KW - political trust

KW - relative deprivation

KW - social inequality

U2 - 10.1177/0022022118784213

DO - 10.1177/0022022118784213

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85049826733

VL - 49

SP - 1183

EP - 1218

JO - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

JF - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

SN - 0022-0221

IS - 8

ER -