Wertebedrohung als Mediator des Zusammenhangs von Gruppenkontext und Strafbedürfnissen
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Recent research suggests that perceived value threat predicts laypeople’s punish-ment reactions: Norm violations threaten the validity of a group’s values, and punishment is a means to revalidate those values. Despite its important role, only few studies have so far investigated value threat. The present thesis adds to the literature by systematically examining the link between value threat and punishment reactions and the influence of the group context on these variables.
Seven studies confirm the basic hypothesis that value threat goes along with support for harsh punishment for offenders. Results from three studies (presented in Article I) indicate that perceived value threat is positively related to a preference for retributive compared to restorative sanctioning forms. Additionally, the findings suggest that retribu-tive sanctions are preferred because they are perceived to be more effective in restoring justice when value threat is high. Another study (Article II) demonstrates that transgres-sions committed by ingroup members threaten the validity of ingroup values more strongly than acts committed by outgroup members do, and thus, deviant ingroup mem-bers evoke harsher punishment reactions. The study further shows that value threat ex-plains a unique part of the variance in punishment reactions over and above offender evaluations, and that value threat is independent of one’s level of identification with the ingroup. Finally, Article III investigated the effect of low intergroup distinctiveness on value threat and punishment reactions. It was hypothesized that transgressions evoke more value threat and harsher punishment when intergroup distinctiveness is low (vs. high), because low distinctiveness enhances the importance of value cohesion. Three stud-ies fully confirmed these hypotheses.
The thesis further discusses possible reasons for the link between value threat and harsh punishment reactions, and presents three more studies testing these reasons. The results suggest that people are motivated to reassure group cohesion that is threatened after transgressions by ingroup members. In sum, laypeople’s sanctioning preferences can be better understood if the social context of transgressions is taken into account. More specifically, punishment reactions are substantially influenced by how much transgres-sions threaten the validity of group values.
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Created: 2013Issued: 2013-09-09Updated: 2013-09-09
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Fachbereich Psychologie
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Philipps-Universität Marburg
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PunishmentWertebedrohungIngroupValue Threat
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GruppenPsychologieStrafeGerechtigkeit
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Keller, Livia (1033204161): Wertebedrohung als Mediator des Zusammenhangs von Gruppenkontext und Strafbedürfnissen. : Philipps-Universität Marburg 2013-09-09. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17192/z2013.0409.
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