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When do unfair victims become more prosocial? Benefiting from growth beliefs
- Source :
- Current Psychology. June, 2023, Vol. 42 Issue 17, p14428, 12 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Does unfair experience make people feel more entitled to behave selfishly? If so, can a sense of growth effectively weaken the effect of unfairness on selfishness? Drawing upon the Equity with the World (EwW) theory, three lab-based experiments (total N = 408) were conducted to answer these questions. We consistently found that people who had just been treated unfairly or reminded of a time when their lives were unfair felt entitled to behave selfishly. Consistent with a trans-relational effect, unfair victims behave selfishly toward the unfair doer as well as innocent individuals, and there was no significant difference in strength. Reconstructing a sense of growth could effectively buffer the 'unfairness-to-selfishness' effect. The findings added a new perspective into interventions, and extended the EwW theory by demonstrating a strong reciprocative tendency from the fair-treated individuals.<br />Author(s): Rong Shi [sup.1] , Yongqiang Chen [sup.2] , Wei Qi [sup.3] , Wangbing Shen [sup.4] , Shuwei Liu [sup.1] Author Affiliations: (1) grid.27255.37, 0000 0004 1761 1174, Department of [...]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10461310
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 17
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Current Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.755110822
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02635-1