An affective-experiential perspective on reactions to fair and unfair events: Individual differences in affect intensity moderated by experiential mindsets

被引:18
作者
Maas, Marjolein [1 ]
van den Bos, Kees [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Utrecht, Dept Social & Org Psychol, NL-3508 TC Utrecht, Netherlands
关键词
Fairness; Justice; Experiential and rationalistic mindsets; Affect intensity; Dual processes; PSYCHOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY; INTEGRATION; OUTCOMES; JUSTICE; FUTURE; IMPACT; VOICE;
D O I
10.1016/j.jesp.2009.02.014
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The present paper focuses on what psychological processes are driving people's reactions to fair and unfair events. Specifically, by extending on ideas that people's reactions to fair and unfair events consist at least partly of affect-related responses, and by adopting the assumption made in cognitive-experiential self-theory that the operation of experiential mindsets is intimately associated with affect-related experiences, we formulate the hypothesis that individual differences in affect intensity will moderate reactions to fair and unfair events. Introducing a novel manipulation of experiential and rationalistic mindsets to the research literature, the findings of two studies indeed reveal that especially for people in experiential (vs. rationalistic) mindsets negative affective reactions to fair and unfair events increase with high (vs. low) scores on affect intensity. Implications for the literature on social justice, experiential mindsets, and affect intensity are discussed. (c) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:667 / 675
页数:9
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