Inhaltszusammenfassung

We investigated the psychological reactions of laypeople to news reports about a political scandal. Participants were confronted with an alleged newspaper report about a fictitious politician's holiday habits (control condition) or about the politician's abuse of public funds (transgression condition). In the transgression condition, participants reported higher outrage and anger, higher shame, and a higher value threat compared to the control group. Participants in the transgression conditio...We investigated the psychological reactions of laypeople to news reports about a political scandal. Participants were confronted with an alleged newspaper report about a fictitious politician's holiday habits (control condition) or about the politician's abuse of public funds (transgression condition). In the transgression condition, participants reported higher outrage and anger, higher shame, and a higher value threat compared to the control group. Participants in the transgression condition reported increased threat of political trust, particularly if their dispositional political trust was low. Moral emotions, value threat, and threat to political trust were unique predictors of the endorsement of retributive action.» weiterlesen» einklappen

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DFG Fachgebiet:
Psychologie

DDC Sachgruppe:
Psychologie