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Country‐level and individual‐level predictors of men's support for gender equality in 42 countries
Author(s) -
KosakowskaBerezecka Natasza,
Besta Tomasz,
Bosson Jennifer K.,
Jurek Paweł,
Vandello Joesph A.,
Best Deborah L.,
Wlodarczyk Anna,
Safdar Saba,
Zawisza Magdalena,
Żadkowska Magdalena,
Sobiecki Jurand,
Agyemang Collins Badu,
Akbaş Gülçin,
Ammirati Soline,
Anderson Joel,
Anjum Gulnaz,
Aruta John Jamir Benzon R.,
Ashraf Mujeeba,
Bakaitytė Aistė,
Bi Chongzeng,
Becker Maja,
Bender Michael,
Bërxulli Dashamir,
Bosak Janine,
Daalmans Serena,
Dandy Justine,
Lemus Soledad,
Dvorianchikov Nikolay,
Etchezahar Edgardo,
Froehlich Laura,
Gavreliuc Alin,
Gavreliuc Dana,
Gomez Ángel,
Greijdanus Hedy,
Grigoryan Ani,
Hale MiriamLinnea,
Hämer Hannah,
Hoorens Vera,
Hutchings Paul B.,
Jensen Dorthe Høj,
Kelmendi Kaltrina,
Khachatryan Narine,
Kinahan Mary,
Kozlowski Desiree,
Lauri Mary Anne,
Li Junyi,
Maitner Angela T.,
Makashvili Ana,
Mancini Tiziana,
Martiny Sarah E.,
Đorđević Jasna Milošević,
MorenoBella Eva,
Moscatelli Silvia,
Bryan Moynihan Andrew,
Muller Dominique,
Ochoa Danielle,
Adebayo Sulaiman Olanrewaju,
Pacilli Maria Giuseppina,
Palacio Jorge,
Patnaik Snigdha,
Pavlopoulos Vassilis,
Piterová Ivana,
Puzio Angelica,
PyrkoszPacyna Joanna,
RenteríaPérez Erico,
Rousseaux Tiphaine,
Sainz Mario,
Salvati Marco,
Samekin Adil,
GarcíaSánchez Efraín,
Schindler Simon,
Sherbaji Sara,
Sobhie Rosita,
Sulejmanović Dijana,
Sullivan Katie E.,
Torre Beatriz,
Torres Claudio V.,
Ungaretti Joaquín,
Valshtein Timothy,
Laar Colette,
Noll Jolanda,
Vasiutynskyi Vadym,
Vohra Neharika,
ZapataCalvente Antonella Ludmila,
Žukauskienė Rita
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/ejsp.2696
Subject(s) - moderation , gender equality , collective action , psychology , mediation , social psychology , multilevel model , action (physics) , path analysis (statistics) , demographic economics , gender studies , political science , sociology , politics , economics , statistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , machine learning , computer science , law
Men sometimes withdraw support for gender equality movements when their higher gender status is threatened. Here, we expand the focus of this phenomenon by examining it cross‐culturally, to test if both individual‐ and country‐level variables predict men's collective action intentions to support gender equality. We tested a model in which men's zero‐sum beliefs about gender predict reduced collective action intentions via an increase in hostile sexism. Because country‐level gender equality may threaten men's higher gender status, we also examined whether the path from zero‐sum beliefs to collective action intentions was stronger in countries higher in gender equality. Multilevel modeling on 6,734 men from 42 countries supported the individual‐level mediation model, but found no evidence of moderation by country‐level gender equality. Both country‐level gender equality and individual‐level zero‐sum thinking independently predicted reductions in men's willingness to act collectively for gender equality.