Situational and personality determinants of a victim's identification with a tormentor |
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Authors: | Norbert L Kerr Albert C Gross |
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Institution: | University of California, San Diego USA |
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Abstract: | The effects of two situational (tormentor legitimacy and tormentor justification) and two personality (victim's belief in the just world and victim's Machiavellianism) factors on several reactions of a victim to his tormentor were explored. Greater conformity by victims to their tormentor's opinions occurred when the victims believed strongly in the just world and when the tormentor was well justified for his behavior; there was a greater conformity towards the tormentor in these conditions than towards a neutral nontormentor. The tormentor received less positive evaluations from the victim when he acquired his role illegitimately or when the victim was Machiavellian; when the tormentor acquired the role legitimately, he was liked no less than the nontormentor. The experimental variables did not affect behavioral imitation of the tormentor or the interpersonal distance maintained by the victim. The results failed to conform to any simple identification process. Several explanations for these results are explored and directions for additional research are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Requests for reprints should be sent to Norbert L Kerr Department of Psychology C-009 University of California at San Diego La Jolla CA 92093 |
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