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Solak N, Tamir M, Sümer N, et al. Expressive suppression as an obstacle to social change: Linking system justification, emotion regulation, and collective action. Motiv Emot. 2021;1-22doi: 10.1007/s11031-021-09883-5.
Solak, N., Tamir, M., Sümer, N., Jost, J. T., & Halperin, E. (2021). Expressive suppression as an obstacle to social change: Linking system justification, emotion regulation, and collective action. Motivation and emotion, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-021-09883-5
Solak, Nevin, et al. "Expressive suppression as an obstacle to social change: Linking system justification, emotion regulation, and collective action." Motivation and emotion vol. (2021): 1-22. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-021-09883-5
Solak N, Tamir M, Sümer N, Jost JT, Halperin E. Expressive suppression as an obstacle to social change: Linking system justification, emotion regulation, and collective action. Motiv Emot. 2021 Jun 12;1-22. doi: 10.1007/s11031-021-09883-5. Epub 2021 Jun 12. PMID: 34149120; PMCID: PMC8196296.
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Motiv Emot. 2021 Jun 12;1-22. doi: 10.1007/s11031-021-09883-5. Epub 2021 Jun 12.

Expressive suppression as an obstacle to social change: Linking system justification, emotion regulation, and collective action.

Motivation and emotion

Nevin Solak, Maya Tamir, Nebi Sümer, John T Jost, Eran Halperin

Affiliations

  1. TED University, Ankara, Turkey.
  2. Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
  3. Sabanc? University, Istanbul, Turkey.
  4. New York University, New York, NY USA.

PMID: 34149120 PMCID: PMC8196296 DOI: 10.1007/s11031-021-09883-5

Abstract

Research on system justification theory suggests that justifying the societal status quo decreases negative emotions, leading to less collective action. In this investigation, we propose that the degree to which negative emotions mediate the link between system justification and collective action may depend upon whether individuals tend to suppress the expression of their negative emotions. We tested this hypothesis in the diverse socio-political contexts of Turkey, Israel, and the U.S. In one correlational study (Study 1) and three experimental studies (Studies 2-4), we observed that the link between system justification and willingness to participate in collective action through anger (Studies 1-2 and 4) and guilt (Study 3) was moderated by expressive suppression. We found that negative emotions mediated the association between system justification and collective action among those who suppress the expression of their emotions less frequently, but not those who use expressive suppression more frequently. These findings suggest that emotion regulation may undermine, rather than facilitate, efforts to engage in collective action even among people who are low in system justification.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11031-021-09883-5.

© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021.

Keywords: Collective action; Collective guilt; Emotion regulation; Expressive suppression; System justification; System-based anger

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interestAll authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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