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compensatory control: a standalone construct

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Social psychology

when personal control feels low, people bolster belief in external sources of order such as God or government.

In social psychology, compensatory control refers to when personal control feels low, people bolster belief in external sources of order such as God or government. This meaning comes from Kay (2008) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.[1]

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References

Kay, A. C., Gaucher, D., Napier, J. L., Callan, M. J., & Laurin, K. (2008). God and the government: Testing a compensatory control mechanism for the support of external systems. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95(1), 18-35. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.95.1.18

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