Collective Apologies Moderate the Effects of Justice Concerns on Support for Collective Punishment-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Collective Apologies Moderate the Effects of Justice Concerns on Support for Collective Punishment

Published:2017-08 Issue:4 Volume:48 Page:194-207
ISSN:1864-9335
Container-title:Social Psychology
language:en
Short-container-title:Social Psychology

Author:

Berent Jacques¹,Pereira Andrea²³,Falomir-Pichastor Juan M.¹

Affiliation:

1. FPSE – Social Psychology, University of Geneva, Switzerland

2. Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY, USA

3. Social and Organizational Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

Abstract

Abstract. Following an offense, various justice concerns arise, and people might support the punishment of the offender’s entire group to restore a sense of justice (even if the other group members are innocent). We hypothesized that support for collective punishment might increase along one’s justice concerns, and that such effect can be hindered by the group’s collective apologies. In three studies, third-party observers were presented with various cases of aggression and we measured (Study 1) or manipulated (Studies 2 and 3) their justice concerns. In all studies, the presence (vs. absence) of collective apologies was additionally manipulated. The results confirmed our hypothesis thereby increasing our knowledge of both the determinants of collective punishment and the potential effects of collective apologies.

Publisher

Hogrefe Publishing Group

Subject

General Psychology,Sociology and Political Science,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),Social Psychology

Link

https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/pdf/10.1027/1864-9335/a000309

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