Journal article
I feel you feel what I feel: Perceived perspective-taking promotes victims‘ conciliatory attitudes because of inferred emotions in the offender
European Journal of Social Psychology, Vol.48(2), pp.0103-0120
2017
Abstract
In the context of bullying in a nursing workplace, we test the argument that an offender‘s perspective-taking promotes victim conciliation, mediated by perceived perspective-taking, that is, the extent to which the victim perceives the offender as taking their perspective. Perceived perspective-taking facilitates the attribution of moral emotions (remorse, etc.) to the offender, thereby promoting conciliatory victim responses. However, perceived perspective-taking would be qualified by the extent to which the severity of consequences expressed in the offender‘s perspective-taking matches or surpasses the severity for the victim. In Studies 1 and 2 (Ns = 141 and 122), victims indicated greater trust and/or forgiveness when the offender had taken the victim‘s perspective. This was sequentially mediated by perceived perspective-taking and victim‘s inference that the offender had felt moral emotions. As predicted, in Study 2 (but not Study 1) severity of consequences qualified victims‘ perceived perspective-taking. Study 3 (N = 138) examined three potential mechanisms for the moderation by severity. Victims attributed greater perspective-taking to the offender when the consequences were less severe than voiced by the offender, suggesting victims‘ appreciation of the offender‘s generous appraisal. Attributions of perspective-taking and of moral emotions to the offender may play an important role in reconciliation processes.
Details
- Title
- I feel you feel what I feel: Perceived perspective-taking promotes victims‘ conciliatory attitudes because of inferred emotions in the offender
- Authors/Creators
- M. Berndsen (Author/Creator) - Flinders UniversityM. Wenzel (Author/Creator) - Flinders UniversityE.F. Thomas (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityB. Noske (Author/Creator) - Flinders University
- Publication Details
- European Journal of Social Psychology, Vol.48(2), pp.0103-0120
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Identifiers
- 991005540014607891
- Copyright
- © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Psychology and Exercise Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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