Páginas 159-171

The objective of the study was to determine the predictive power of certain ideological (right-wing authoritarianism, belief in a just world, social dominance orientation, ideo­ logical self-positioning), cognitive (causal attributions of poverty and prejudice against poor people) and socio-demographic variables on the justification of social inequality. A correlational design was employed. Participants were 305 male and female students from the National University of Cordoba, Argentina ages 18-60 (M=22.95; SD=4.75). Results indicate particularities of the predictive power of these variables depending on the evaluated dimension of the justification of social inequality. Based on these results, the contribution of political psychology to the understanding of the psychosocial mechanisms that enable the legitimation of unequal situations is discussed.

El presente trabajo buscó conocer el poder predictivo de variables ideológicas (autoritarismo, creencia en un mundo justo, orientación a la dominancia social, autoposicionamiento ideo­ lógico), cognitivas (atribuciones causales sobre la pobreza, prejuicio hacia personas pobres) y sociodemográficas sobre la justificación de la desigualdad social. Se realizó un estudio cuantitativo correlacional. Participaron 305 estudiantes de ambos sexos de 18 a 60 años (M=22.95; DE=4.75) de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. Los resultados indican particularidades en torno al poder predictivo de estas variables dependiendo de la dimensión de la justificación de la desigualdad social evaluada. En función de estos resul­ tados, se precisa el aporte de la psicología política a la comprensión de los mecanismos psicosociales que posibilitan la legitimación de la desigualdad.

Páginas 155-157

The objective of the study was to determine the predictive power of certain ideological (right-wing authoritarianism, belief in a just world, social dominance orientation, ideo­ logical self-positioning), cognitive (causal attributions of poverty and prejudice against poor people) and socio-demographic variables on the justification of social inequality. A correlational design was employed. Participants were 305 male and female students from the National University of Cordoba, Argentina ages 18-60 (M=22.95; SD=4.75). Results indicate particularities of the predictive power of these variables depending on the evaluated dimension of the justification of social inequality. Based on these results, the contribution of political psychology to the understanding of the psychosocial mechanisms that enable the legitimation of unequal situations is discussed.