Heteronormative system justification and wellbeing among sexual minorities in Brazil: the role of internalized homophobia and in-group identification
One of the major tenets of system-justification theory is that justifying the social system exerts a palliative effect, being associated with positive wellbeing outcomes. Findings regarding this effect on social minorities, however, are less clear. The present article aims to propose and test a mode...
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| description | One of the major tenets of system-justification theory is that justifying the social system exerts a palliative effect, being associated with positive wellbeing outcomes. Findings regarding this effect on social minorities, however, are less clear. The present article aims to propose and test a model explaining how system-justification relates to the wellbeing of Brazilian lesbians, gays and bisexuals, integrating variables previously studied independently, such as internalized homophobia and in-group identification. Seven-hundred and seventy-seven Brazilian cisgender LGBs responded to an online questionnaire. A simple mediation analysis and a moderated mediation model were conducted through Macro Process for SPSS. As expected, system-justification is indirectly associated with negative wellbeing outcomes through the internalization of homophobia. This relationship, however, is moderated by sexual minority subgroups, so that the mediation is only significant for gay men. On the other hand, system-justification is directly related to positive wellbeing outcomes (supporting the palliative effect). This positive relationship, however, is moderated by in-group identification, so that the higher the identification, the weaker is the association. Results are critically discussed and the collective and long-term implications of system-justification and its palliative effect are addressed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d6dc5b5654e64e1aba352b5f9f1c1eb82025-08-20T03:10:25ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Social Psychology2813-78762025-04-01310.3389/frsps.2025.14969491496949Heteronormative system justification and wellbeing among sexual minorities in Brazil: the role of internalized homophobia and in-group identificationBruno Ponte Belarmino Lima0Luana Elayne de Cunha Souza1Tiago Jessé Souza de Lima2Social, Work and Organizational Psychology Program, University of Brasília, Brasília, BrazilGraduate Program in Psychology, University Center of Brasília, Brasília, BrazilSocial, Work and Organizational Psychology Program, University of Brasília, Brasília, BrazilOne of the major tenets of system-justification theory is that justifying the social system exerts a palliative effect, being associated with positive wellbeing outcomes. Findings regarding this effect on social minorities, however, are less clear. The present article aims to propose and test a model explaining how system-justification relates to the wellbeing of Brazilian lesbians, gays and bisexuals, integrating variables previously studied independently, such as internalized homophobia and in-group identification. Seven-hundred and seventy-seven Brazilian cisgender LGBs responded to an online questionnaire. A simple mediation analysis and a moderated mediation model were conducted through Macro Process for SPSS. As expected, system-justification is indirectly associated with negative wellbeing outcomes through the internalization of homophobia. This relationship, however, is moderated by sexual minority subgroups, so that the mediation is only significant for gay men. On the other hand, system-justification is directly related to positive wellbeing outcomes (supporting the palliative effect). This positive relationship, however, is moderated by in-group identification, so that the higher the identification, the weaker is the association. Results are critically discussed and the collective and long-term implications of system-justification and its palliative effect are addressed.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsps.2025.1496949/fullsystem-justificationsexual minoritiespalliative effectinternalized homophobiain-group identification |
| spellingShingle | Bruno Ponte Belarmino Lima Luana Elayne de Cunha Souza Tiago Jessé Souza de Lima Heteronormative system justification and wellbeing among sexual minorities in Brazil: the role of internalized homophobia and in-group identification Frontiers in Social Psychology system-justification sexual minorities palliative effect internalized homophobia in-group identification |
| title | Heteronormative system justification and wellbeing among sexual minorities in Brazil: the role of internalized homophobia and in-group identification |
| title_full | Heteronormative system justification and wellbeing among sexual minorities in Brazil: the role of internalized homophobia and in-group identification |
| title_fullStr | Heteronormative system justification and wellbeing among sexual minorities in Brazil: the role of internalized homophobia and in-group identification |
| title_full_unstemmed | Heteronormative system justification and wellbeing among sexual minorities in Brazil: the role of internalized homophobia and in-group identification |
| title_short | Heteronormative system justification and wellbeing among sexual minorities in Brazil: the role of internalized homophobia and in-group identification |
| title_sort | heteronormative system justification and wellbeing among sexual minorities in brazil the role of internalized homophobia and in group identification |
| topic | system-justification sexual minorities palliative effect internalized homophobia in-group identification |
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