Research has suggested that the endorsement of ideologies supporting the status quo leads to higher subjective psychological well-being-an idea labeled as the palliative function of ideology within system justification theory. Furthermore, this approach has suggested that this association should be moderated by social status. Specifically, the association between the endorsement of ideologies supporting the status quo and well-being should be positive among high-status groups and negative among low-status groups-mainly as a function of the existence of a unique motivation to justify the status quo. Given contradictory evidence in previous studies, we conducted a meta-analysis to test these ideas. Across 1,627 studies and 1,856,940 participants, we observed a meta-analytic association between endorsement of ideologies supporting the status quo and well-being of r = .07, p < .001. Nonetheless, we did not find evidence supportive of the moderator role of social status. These results provide partial evidence supporting the main tenets of system justification theory, and they are inconsistent with the idea of the existence of a unique motivation to justify the status quo. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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支持现状与主观幸福感的相关性较弱：使用元分析方法比较不同社会地位群体的意识形态的姑息作用。


研究表明，支持现状的意识形态的认可会导致更高的主观心理健康——这个想法在系统合理化理论中被称为意识形态的姑息功能。此外，这种方法表明这种关联应该受到社会地位的调节。具体来说，支持现状的意识形态与福祉之间的关联在高地位群体中应该是积极的，而在低地位群体中应该是消极的——主要是由于存在证明现状合理性的独特动机。鉴于先前研究中相互矛盾的证据，我们进行了一项荟萃分析来检验这些想法。在 1,627 项研究和 1,856,940 名参与者中，我们观察到对支持现状的意识形态的认可与 r = .07， p < .001 的幸福感之间存在元分析关联。尽管如此，我们没有发现支持社会地位的调节作用的证据。这些结果提供了部分证据支持系统合理化理论的主要原则，它们与存在证明现状合理性的独特动机的想法不一致。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 （c） 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。