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Framing advantageous inequity with a focus on others: A catalyst for equity restoration

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Rosette, AS; Zhou Koval, C
Published in: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
May 1, 2018

Prior research has found that framing inequity as an ingroup advantage, but not as an outgroup disadvantage, can lead the advantaged to be more supportive of redistributive policies towards disadvantaged groups. However, it is unclear whether these framing effects would occur in the same manner when inequity occurs between individuals. In two experiments, we test whether different inequity frames (self-focused vs. other-focused) can elicit different responses to advantageous inequity based on the level of inequity (individual-level vs. group-level) that is activated. In Study 1, we found that inequity frame and inequity level interactively predicted redistribution decisions, such that advantaged individuals engaged in more redistributive behaviors when the inequity was framed as another individual's disadvantage than when the inequity was framed as another group's disadvantage. These divergent effects occurred because individual-level inequity elicited less negative evaluation of others than group-level inequity in an other-focused frame (Study 2). These findings establish a boundary condition of previous research on inequity frame and highlight inequity level as an important moderator that affects advantaged individuals’ willingness to engage in restorative behavior.

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Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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1096-0465

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0022-1031

Publication Date

May 1, 2018

Volume

76

Start / End Page

283 / 289

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Rosette, A. S., & Zhou Koval, C. (2018). Framing advantageous inequity with a focus on others: A catalyst for equity restoration. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 76, 283–289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2018.03.002
Rosette, A. S., and C. Zhou Koval. “Framing advantageous inequity with a focus on others: A catalyst for equity restoration.” Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 76 (May 1, 2018): 283–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2018.03.002.
Rosette AS, Zhou Koval C. Framing advantageous inequity with a focus on others: A catalyst for equity restoration. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 2018 May 1;76:283–9.
Rosette, A. S., and C. Zhou Koval. “Framing advantageous inequity with a focus on others: A catalyst for equity restoration.” Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, vol. 76, May 2018, pp. 283–89. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2018.03.002.
Rosette AS, Zhou Koval C. Framing advantageous inequity with a focus on others: A catalyst for equity restoration. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 2018 May 1;76:283–289.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

DOI

EISSN

1096-0465

ISSN

0022-1031

Publication Date

May 1, 2018

Volume

76

Start / End Page

283 / 289

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology