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Advancing System Justification Theory

推进系统论证理论

基本信息

批准号：
1714446
负责人：
Mark Hoffarth
金额：
$ 13.8万
依托单位：
Hoffarth Mark R
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Fellowship Award
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-09-01 至 2019-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1714446&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Advancing System Justification Theory

项目摘要

This award was provided as part of NSF's Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships program. The goal of the SPRF program is to prepare promising, early career doctoral-level scientists for scientific careers in academia, industry or private sector, and government. SPRF awards involve two years of training under the sponsorship of established scientists and encourage Postdoctoral Fellows to perform independent research. NSF seeks to promote the participation of scientists from all segments of the scientific community, including those from underrepresented groups, in its research programs and activities; the postdoctoral period is considered to be an important level of professional development in attaining this goal. Each Postdoctoral Fellow must address important scientific questions that advance their respective disciplinary fields. Many social groups are disadvantaged in society, which can have a negative impact on their lives. System Justification Theory (SJT) has been widely used to examine many forms of inequality. Sexual minorities are disadvantaged in many ways, yet there has been little research on this topic from an SJT perspective. This project examines how several attitudes and beliefs impact sexual minorities' life experiences such as "coming out", coping with discrimination, and participating in political activism. This research is scientifically important because it builds on and expands psychological and political theory by applying what we have learned in other domains to increase our understanding of the experiences of sexual minorities. This research may benefit sexual minorities, and society more broadly, in many ways. Sexual minorities currently experience high rates of mental health problems (e.g., loneliness, depression, anxiety). This research may aid in promoting mental health, well-being, and physical health among sexual minorities. In addition, this research may help improve the functioning of organizations by, for example, increasing diversity, acceptance, and group functioning in the workplace.System Justification Theory (SJT) is a political psychological theory aimed at understanding how people respond to a wide range of social inequalities and discrimination (e.g., inequality based on race, gender, social class). This theory has been used to examine how members of both advantaged and disadvantaged groups respond to inequality and discrimination. To date, relatively little research has used SJT to understand the experiences of sexual minorities. The purpose of this research is to expand the purview of system justification theory by developing and testing a theoretical account for how sexual minorities respond to heterosexism based on psychological and situational factors. First, this project involves collecting data from a diverse range of sexual minorities to understand variability in the experiences of sexual minorities based on their life experiences, beliefs, and values. Factors such as the internalization of negative stereotypes and beliefs about gays and lesbians are hypothesized to play an important role. This project also involves experimentally examining how sexual minorities respond to a range of experiences that may occur in their everyday life to understand how sexual minorities cope with and react to heterosexism and discrimination. For instance, sexual minorities may respond to negative experiences and threats to their well-being by being less open about their sexuality or engaging in political activism. This research will help determine the extent to which previous findings within a System Justification framework may apply to sexual minorities, and inform attempts to improve the functioning of our increasingly diverse society. After publication, research materials and de-identified data will be made available to other researchers on the Open Science Framework to facilitate further research on sexual minorities' experiences.

该奖项是作为NSF的社会，行为和经济科学博士后研究奖学金计划的一部分提供的。SPRF计划的目标是为学术界，工业或私营部门和政府的科学事业准备有前途的早期职业博士级科学家。SPRF的奖励包括在知名科学家的赞助下进行两年的培训，并鼓励博士后研究员进行独立研究。NSF致力于促进来自科学界各部门的科学家，包括来自代表性不足的群体的科学家参与其研究计划和活动;博士后期间被认为是实现这一目标的专业发展的重要水平。每个博士后研究员必须解决推进各自学科领域的重要科学问题。许多社会群体在社会中处于不利地位，这可能对他们的生活产生负面影响。系统论证理论（System Justification Theory，简称SJT）被广泛用于研究各种形式的不平等。性少数群体在许多方面处于不利地位，但从SJT的角度对这一主题的研究很少。这个项目探讨了几种态度和信仰如何影响性少数群体的生活经历，如“出柜”，应对歧视，参与政治活动。这项研究在科学上很重要，因为它建立在心理和政治理论的基础上，并通过应用我们在其他领域学到的知识来扩大我们对性少数群体经历的理解。这项研究可能会在许多方面使性少数群体和更广泛的社会受益。目前，性少数群体的心理健康问题发生率很高（例如，孤独、抑郁、焦虑）。这项研究可能有助于促进性少数群体的心理健康，福祉和身体健康。此外，这项研究可能有助于改善组织的运作，例如，增加多样性，接受和工作场所的群体功能。系统辩护理论（SJT）是一种政治心理学理论，旨在了解人们如何应对广泛的社会不平等和歧视（例如，基于种族、性别、社会阶层的不平等）。这一理论被用来研究弱势群体和弱势群体成员如何应对不平等和歧视。到目前为止，相对较少的研究使用SJT来了解性少数群体的经历。本研究的目的是通过发展和检验一个理论解释性少数群体如何基于心理和情境因素对异性恋做出反应，来扩展系统辩护理论的范围。首先，该项目涉及从不同的性少数群体收集数据，以了解基于他们的生活经历，信仰和价值观的性少数群体的经验的变化。一些因素，如对男女同性恋者的负面定型观念和信念的内化，被认为发挥了重要作用。该项目还涉及实验研究性少数群体如何应对日常生活中可能发生的一系列经历，以了解性少数群体如何科普异性恋和歧视。例如，性少数群体可能会对负面经历和对其福祉的威胁作出反应，对自己的性取向不那么公开或参与政治活动。这项研究将有助于确定在系统论证框架内以前的研究结果在多大程度上适用于性少数群体，并为改善我们日益多样化的社会的运作提供信息。出版后，研究材料和去识别数据将提供给开放科学框架的其他研究人员，以促进对性少数群体经历的进一步研究。