Revenge as social interaction: Merging social psychological and interpersonal communication approaches to the study of vengeful behavior

Boon, Susan D.; Yoshimura, Stephen M.

doi:10.1111/spc3.12554

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“…Thus, the main focus of this theory is the subjective construal of a transgression and how justice responses can address this construal (e.g., through punishment of the offender). Our present research, however, focuses on the social exchange processes between victim and offender after a transgression (Boon & Yoshimura, 2020; Shnabel & Nadler, 2008) and how these exchange processes foster reconciliation and victim’s satisfaction.…”

Section: Empowerment-focused Theories Of Punishment and Revengementioning

confidence: 99%

Victims need more than power: Empowerment and moral change independently predict victims’ satisfaction and willingness to reconcile.

Fischer¹,

Twardawski²,

Strelan³

et al. 2022

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Punishing offenders for their misdeeds can restore a sense of justice achieved (i.e., justice-related satisfaction) among victims and increase their willingness to reconcile, especially if offenders signal that they understand why punishment has been inflicted on them. In this article, we theoretically disentangle and empirically test two explanations for this effect. One possible interpretation for this effect is that offender feedback empowers the victim and that empowerment is the crucial prerequisite for reconciliation. An alternative interpretation is that offender feedback benefits the victim because it suggests that the punishment had an educational effect and initiated a positive "moral change" in the offender. Six studies-four scenario and two autobiographic recall studies (combined N = 2,134)-suggest that the positive effects of offender feedback on victims' justice-related satisfaction and willingness to reconcile cannot be reduced to empowerment. Empowerment and moral change rather constitute two independent mechanisms explaining when and why punishment facilitates the posttransgression process. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings (e.g., for restorative justice procedures).

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Section: Empowerment-focused Theories Of Punishment and Revengementioning

confidence: 99%

Victims need more than power: Empowerment and moral change independently predict victims’ satisfaction and willingness to reconcile.

Fischer¹,

Twardawski²,

Strelan³

et al. 2022

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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“…Otherwise, students' increased susceptibility to stress may have been caused by weakened relationships between people resulting from social isolation. Lack of interpersonal communication leads to the emergence and worsening of anxiety disorders (Boon & Yoshimura, 2020).…”

Section: Discussion Of Stress-related Findingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Stress Levels of Dentistry Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

EMİNOĞLU¹,

Aydın²

2022

Journal of Education and Future

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Covid-19, which threatens human health worldwide, affects people not only emotionally, but also by exposing them to necessary changes in their social behaviors and lifestyles. Psychological health and daily life habits have been transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Closure of universities, suspension of clinical training, and transition to online education are likely to affect students negatively. This paper focuses on the stress levels and daily lifestyle changes of students because of the pandemic. A total of 601 participants of dentistry faculty, including 402 preclinical (PC) and 199 intorn (INT) students, filled an online survey questionnaire including sociodemographic data form, "Health-promoting Lifestyle Profile-II (HPLP-II)" form, and "Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10)" form. IBM SPSS version 25.0. program was used for statistical analyses. HPLP-II and PSS-10 mean scores of PC and INT students were found as moderate. It was determined that variables as gender, educational grade, financial status, living with a relative who is at risk of contracting COVID-19 or having a relative who has the disease caused difference in HPLP-II and PSS-10 total mean score and the average score in the majority of subscales. The current study's findings reveal that COVID-19 pandemic has devastating effects on students' stress levels and lifestyle routines. It is vital to provide services to individuals in order to sustain healthy lifestyle behaviors in order to protect communal health.

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“…Communicative punishment theories suggest that punishment communicates to the offender disapproval of their original behaviour (see e.g., Boon & Yoshimura, 2020;Cushman et al, 2019;Duff, 2001;Funk & McGeer, in press). Punishers expect offenders to interpret punishment as a communicative act (Sarin et al, 2021).…”

Section: How Beneficial Is Punishment For Victims?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Psychologists as well as philosophers often refer to punishment as communication (Boon & Yoshimura, 2020;Cushman et al, 2019;Duff, 2001;Feinberg, 1965;Funk et al, 2014;Funk & McGeer, in press). Punishers choose the punishment that they think is more likely to make the offender understand their communicative intent (Sarin et al, 2021).…”

Section: Why Do People Punish?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Not revenge, but change is sweet: Experimental evidence of how offender change and punishment play independent roles in victims' sense of justice

Hechler

Funk

Kessler

2023

British J Social Psychol

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What positive effects do victims gain by punishing their offenders? Previous research suggests that punishment increases victims' justice-related satisfaction only when the offender indicates that they changed their moral attitude and behaviour. However, offender change may increase justice-related satisfaction independently of punishment. So far, it is empirically unclear whether punishment affects satisfaction beyond offender change (e.g. by producing the change), and whether punishment has positive effects on victims that are independent of offender change, specifically how it empowers victims. In two studies, we use a full experimental design to test the unique influence of punishment and offender change on victims' justice-related satisfaction and empowerment. In a third study, we extend the design and additionally test for the effects of assigned versus self-selected punishment. Across three studies (N = 824) with different methodological approaches, we consistently found that offender change alone increased victims' justice-related satisfaction-and this effect was not moderated by punishment. Study 2, but not Study 3, showed that punishment alone empowered victim-and this effect was not moderated by offender change. This indicates that offender change and punishment have independent roles in producing positive effects on victims. Overall, it was offender change and not punishment that made victims feel that justice has been done.

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Revenge as social interaction: Merging social psychological and interpersonal communication approaches to the study of vengeful behavior

Cited by 8 publications

References 51 publications

Victims need more than power: Empowerment and moral change independently predict victims’ satisfaction and willingness to reconcile.

Victims need more than power: Empowerment and moral change independently predict victims’ satisfaction and willingness to reconcile.

Evaluation of Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Stress Levels of Dentistry Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Not revenge, but change is sweet: Experimental evidence of how offender change and punishment play independent roles in victims' sense of justice

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