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Equity and derogation of those against whom we have aggressed
Author(s) -
Craig K. M.,
O'Neal Edgar C.,
Taylor S. Levi,
Yost Elizabeth A.,
Langley Travis,
Rambow Riklef,
Allgöwer Annette,
Folger Robert G.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/1098-2337(1993)19:5<355::aid-ab2480190504>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - derogation , retributive justice , equity (law) , psychology , misfortune , social psychology , economics , political science , law , economic justice , artificial intelligence , perspective (graphical) , computer science
Casting the classic provocation‐retaliation paradigm in an equity framework, we hypothesized that persons realizing their retribution was excessive would derogate their victim, but only when they did not anticipate an opportunity to compensate her. After retaliating against a peer who had harshly evaluated their essays, 40 female undergraduates were informed that either a serious or mild misfortune had recently been suffered by their partner, and were led to believe that at the outset of the experiment they had carelessly overlooked this “mitigating” information. Half the participants anticipated a later opportunity to do a favor for the other woman. Regardless of the severity of the mitigating information the women were more negative in their evaluation of the partner when they did not anticipate a subsequent opportunity to do the partner a favor. The results are discussed in terms of equity restoration in reactions to having aggressed. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.