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Does it only depend on the point of view? Perspective‐related differences in justice evaluations of negative incidents in personal relationships
Author(s) -
Mikula Gerold,
Athenstaedt Ursula,
Heschgl Sabine,
Heimgartner Arno
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(1998110)28:6<931::aid-ejsp904>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - psychology , perspective (graphical) , social psychology , interpersonal communication , economic justice , interpersonal relationship , quality (philosophy) , interpersonal interaction , philosophy , neoclassical economics , epistemology , artificial intelligence , computer science , economics
A series of four studies investigated systematic differences between actor and recipient interpretations and justice evaluations of negative incidents in interpersonal relationships. Due to a refined methodology, each negative incident was assessed both by the respective recipient and actor, and each participant reported incidents from both perspectives. The studies provided clear evidence of systematic recipient‐actor differences and showed that the quality of the relationship between the parties involved in the incidents can moderate the occurrence and shape of the differences. Significant gender differences were found showing that women respond more accusingly than men in the role of the recipient and more defensively than men in the role of the actor. Copyright © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.