“…The majority of studies in the literature on interpersonal allocations have focused on positive or beneficial resources. Although some researchers have characterized benefits and burdens as simply the inverse or absence of each other (Elster, 1992;Mikula, 1980), this assumption is limiting because there is good evidence that they are not psychologically equivalent (Griffith & Sell, 1988;Lamm & Kayser, 1978;Mannix et al, 1995;Northcraft et al,, 1996;Okhuysen et al, 2003;Sondak et al, 1995;Törnblom, 1988). Diverse research in psychology provides evidence that negative events (such as enduring a burden) elicit more physiological, affective, cognitive, and behavioral activity and prompt more cognitive analysis than neutral or positive events (such as experiencing a benefit; Baumeister, Bratslavsky, Finkenauer, & Vohs, 2001;Taylor, 1991).…”