Who's to blame? Causal attributions of the economic crisis and personal control

被引：38

作者：

Bukowski, Marcin ^{[1
]}

de Lemus, Soledad ^{[2
]}

Rodriguez-Bailon, Rosa ^{[2
]}

Willis, Guillermo B. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Jagiellonian Univ, Krakow, Poland

[2] Univ Granada, Granada, Spain

来源：

GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS | 2017年 / 20卷 / 06期

关键词：

attribution processes; economic crisis; outgroup blaming; personal control; CONTROL INCREASES; FINANCIAL CRISIS; MOTIVATION; THREAT; DETERMINANTS; DEPRIVATION; PEOPLE;

D O I：

10.1177/1368430216638529

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

In this research, we examined how people cope with threats to personal control related to the global economic crisis. Three studies (one correlational and two experimental) tested the prediction that blaming social outgroups could serve as a means to restore a threatened sense of personal control. We found that outgroup blaming attributions are related to higher levels of personal control over the effects of the economic crisis (Study 1). Further, blaming outgroups helps to restore a sense of personal control (Study 2) only when blaming attributions are related to specific versus global causes (i.e., outgroups but not the economic system; Studies 2 and 3). We discuss individual and social implications of outgroup blaming as a form of coping with lack of control in the context of economic crises.

引用

页码：909 / 923

页数：15

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