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When do people derogate or psychologically distance themselves from victims? Belief in a just world and ingroup identification

dc.contributor.authorCorreia, Isabel
dc.contributor.authorAlves, Hélder
dc.contributor.authorSutton, Robbie
dc.contributor.authorRamos, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Maria Gouveia
dc.contributor.authorVala, Jorge
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-26T19:50:34Z
dc.date.available2012-10-26T19:50:34Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractTwo factors increase the threat for individuals’ belief in a just world (BJW) posed by an innocent victim: the degree of the observer’s explicit endorsement of BJW and the fact that the victim shares a common identity with the observer. In this paper, we aim to investigate whether or not these two factors (BJW and ingroup identification) have an interaction effect on each of two mechanisms that reduce the threat to BJW: victim derogation and psychological distancing from the victims. In two studies with university students we predicted and found that BJW interacted with identification with an ingroup victim to predict victim derogation (Study 1) and disidentification from the group shared with the victim (Study 2). In Study 1, the positive relationship between BJW and derogation was significant for strongly identified participants but not for weakly identified participants. In Study 2, high BJW was associated with low ingroup identification only when group salience was activated.por
dc.identifier.citationPersonality and Individual Differences, 53 (6), 747-752por
dc.identifier.issn0191-8869
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/1795
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherElsevierpor
dc.subjectBelief in a just worldpor
dc.subjectVictim derogationpor
dc.subjectSocial identificationpor
dc.subjectSocial identitypor
dc.subjectPsychological distancingpor
dc.titleWhen do people derogate or psychologically distance themselves from victims? Belief in a just world and ingroup identificationpor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceHeidelbergpor
oaire.citation.endPage752por
oaire.citation.startPage747por
oaire.citation.titlePersonality and Individual Differencespor
oaire.citation.volume53por
person.familyNameGouveia Pereira
person.givenNameMaria
person.identifier.ciencia-id4111-0C3E-B0CA
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-7814-466X
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