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Grabbing Your Bootstraps: Threats to Economic Order Boost Beliefs in Personal Control

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Goode, Chris Keefer, Lucas A.
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Individuals are motivated to maintain perceptions of order and predictability in the social environment. Compensatory control theory proposes that when an individual’s perception of her or his own control is threatened, the individual can turn to external systems that may provide a perception of control (e.g., organized government). Conversely, the theory also predicts that when external systems of control are threatened, individuals may respond by exaggerating perceptions of personal control, although this effect has received relatively little empirical support. In the present study, we examined how a threat to an external system of economic control affects individual perceptions of personal control. Specifically, we found that a threat to the perceived distribution of economic resources based on hard work and effort (i.e., meritocracy) led to greater perceptions of personal control. Moreover, this increase in personal control directly increased participants’ optimism about their future economic outcomes. This study provides important insight into the broad influence of external systems on individuals' perceptions of personal control and assessment of future action.
Starting Page	142
Ending Page	148
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10461310
Journal	Current Psychology
Volume Number	35
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	19364733
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2015-08-30
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Ideology System justification Compensatory control theory Meritocracy Personal control Psychology Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Psychology

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