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@article{ Foster2006,
 title = {Responding to Discrimination as a Function of Meritocracy Beliefs and                Personal Experiences: Testing the Model of Shattered Assumptions},
 author = {Foster, Mindi D. and Sloto, Lisa and Ruby, Richard},
 journal = {Group Processes & Intergroup Relations},
 number = {3},
 pages = {401-411},
 volume = {9},
 year = {2006},
 doi = {https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430206064641},
 urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-227988},
 abstract = {We examined whether the model of shattered assumptions (Janoff-Bulman, 1992) could be                applied to the reactions of victims of discrimination. Consistent with this model,                it was hypothesized that those whose positive world assumptions are inconsistent                with their negative experiences of discrimination would report more negative                responses than those whose world assumptions match their experience. Disadvantaged                group (both gender and ethnicity) members' responses to discrimination                (self-esteem, collective action, intergroup anxiety) were predicted from their                meritocracy beliefs and personal experiences of discrimination. Regression analyses                showed a significant interaction between meritocracy beliefs and personal                discrimination such that among those who reported personal discrimination, stronger                beliefs that the meritocracy exists predicted decreased self-esteem and collective                action as well as increased intergroup anxiety. Among those who reported little                personal discrimination, stronger beliefs that the meritocracy exists predicted                increased self-esteem. Implications for promoting a critical view of the social                system is discussed.},
}