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Varieties of trust‐betrayal: emotion and relief patterns in different domains
Author(s) -
Joskowicz–Jabloner Lisa,
Leiser David
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/jasp.12130
Subject(s) - betrayal , psychology , anger , social psychology , domain (mathematical analysis) , mathematical analysis , mathematics
This study investigates the emotional responses to betrayal in two domains—social norms and personal acquaintances. The study relies on a newly developed B etrayal‐ D omain Q uestionnaire and the P ortrait V alue Q uestionnaire. Study 1 confirmed the existence of two distinct betrayal domains differing in the pattern of emotional response evoked, in the actions that relieve negative emotions and the influence of values on the emotional response. In the social norms domain, betrayal evokes predominantly anger‐related emotions that can be alleviated effectively, whereas in the personal domain, more profound negative emotions are elicited by betrayal and fewer actions can relieve them. Study 2 replicates the findings with a modified questionnaire designed to comply with more stringent methodological restrictions.