Effect of Personal Injustice on Attributions for the Success of Others |
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Authors: | Ning Chen Maia J. Young |
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Affiliation: | 1. Clarion University of Pennsylvania nchen@clarion.edu;3. University of California , Los Angeles |
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Abstract: | The current research tested competing predictions on whether the experience of personal injustice would increase or decrease internal attributions of others' success. Compared with the control condition, Study 1 found that individuals gave less credit to another person for his promotion after they recalled their own unfair experience. Study 2 revealed that personal injustice led weak just-world believers, but not strong just-world believers, to perceive a lottery winner to be less deserving. Study 3 showed that these effects were mediated by resentment. The findings demonstrate that thinking about one's own injustice can lead to a more cynical outlook on others' positive outcomes. |
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