Correlates of Acceptance of Wealth Inequality: A Moderated Mediation Model
Wealth inequality is a prevalent social issue. The present study focuses on acceptance of wealth inequality, and considers personal income, perceived upward mobility, and future time perspective as its antecedents, and collective action intention as its outcome. With reference to the social identity...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-04-01
|
| Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00900/full |
| _version_ | 1819076229997789184 |
|---|---|
| author | Grand H.-L. Cheng Darius K.-S. Chan Dannii Y. Yeung |
| author_facet | Grand H.-L. Cheng Darius K.-S. Chan Dannii Y. Yeung |
| author_sort | Grand H.-L. Cheng |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Wealth inequality is a prevalent social issue. The present study focuses on acceptance of wealth inequality, and considers personal income, perceived upward mobility, and future time perspective as its antecedents, and collective action intention as its outcome. With reference to the social identity literature and socioemotional selectivity theory, we posit a conditional indirect effect of income on collective action intention through acceptance of wealth inequality: only when mobility and future time perspective are relatively high, higher income is associated with higher acceptance of wealth inequality and in turn, lower collective action intention. Moderated mediation findings, based on territory-wide phone survey data from 866 Hong Kong adults, supported this prediction. This work indicates the relevance of an individual-level instrumental perspective to the understanding of acceptance of wealth inequality as well as collective action intention. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-21T18:38:00Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-83028dd8b59c46da946808369487d68f |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1664-1078 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-21T18:38:00Z |
| publishDate | 2019-04-01 |
| publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Frontiers in Psychology |
| spelling | doaj.art-83028dd8b59c46da946808369487d68f2022-12-21T18:54:05ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782019-04-011010.3389/fpsyg.2019.00900386736Correlates of Acceptance of Wealth Inequality: A Moderated Mediation ModelGrand H.-L. Cheng0Darius K.-S. Chan1Dannii Y. Yeung2Centre for Ageing Research and Education, Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore, SingaporeDepartment of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong KongDepartment of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong KongWealth inequality is a prevalent social issue. The present study focuses on acceptance of wealth inequality, and considers personal income, perceived upward mobility, and future time perspective as its antecedents, and collective action intention as its outcome. With reference to the social identity literature and socioemotional selectivity theory, we posit a conditional indirect effect of income on collective action intention through acceptance of wealth inequality: only when mobility and future time perspective are relatively high, higher income is associated with higher acceptance of wealth inequality and in turn, lower collective action intention. Moderated mediation findings, based on territory-wide phone survey data from 866 Hong Kong adults, supported this prediction. This work indicates the relevance of an individual-level instrumental perspective to the understanding of acceptance of wealth inequality as well as collective action intention.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00900/fullwealth inequalityincomeupward mobilityfuture time perspectivecollective action |
| spellingShingle | Grand H.-L. Cheng Darius K.-S. Chan Dannii Y. Yeung Correlates of Acceptance of Wealth Inequality: A Moderated Mediation Model Frontiers in Psychology wealth inequality income upward mobility future time perspective collective action |
| title | Correlates of Acceptance of Wealth Inequality: A Moderated Mediation Model |
| title_full | Correlates of Acceptance of Wealth Inequality: A Moderated Mediation Model |
| title_fullStr | Correlates of Acceptance of Wealth Inequality: A Moderated Mediation Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Correlates of Acceptance of Wealth Inequality: A Moderated Mediation Model |
| title_short | Correlates of Acceptance of Wealth Inequality: A Moderated Mediation Model |
| title_sort | correlates of acceptance of wealth inequality a moderated mediation model |
| topic | wealth inequality income upward mobility future time perspective collective action |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00900/full |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT grandhlcheng correlatesofacceptanceofwealthinequalityamoderatedmediationmodel AT dariuskschan correlatesofacceptanceofwealthinequalityamoderatedmediationmodel AT danniiyyeung correlatesofacceptanceofwealthinequalityamoderatedmediationmodel |