Unethical prosocial behaviour and self-dehumanization: The roles of social connectedness and perceived morality

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

British Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2024-06-22 DOI:10.1111/bjso.12776

Jingyan Wang, Hong Zhang

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Abstract

Unethical prosocial behaviour (UPB) refers to acts where people violate widely held moral rules to benefit others. In light of previous research on the association between immoral behaviours and dehumanization, we examined whether and how engaging in UPB would impact the tendency to self-dehumanize. Across four studies (valid N = 1640), we found that UPB led to less self-dehumanization than unethical proself behaviour, which was mediated sequentially by social connectedness and perceived morality (Studies 2–4). Moreover, the comparison between UPB and ethical prosocial behaviour indicated that UPB did not necessarily lead to more self-dehumanization than ethical prosocial behaviour (Study 4). Although UPB was rated as less moral, it was associated with similar levels of social connectedness as ethical prosocial behaviour. These results have significant implications for research on morality and dehumanization and highlight the role of social connectedness in reducing dehumanization.

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不道德的亲社会行为和自我非人化：社会联系和道德认知的作用

不道德的亲社会行为（UPB）是指人们为了他人的利益而违反广泛认同的道德规则的行为。鉴于以往关于不道德行为与非人性化之间关联的研究，我们研究了参与不道德亲社会行为是否会影响自我非人化倾向以及如何影响自我非人化倾向。通过四项研究（有效样本数=1640），我们发现，与不道德的亲我行为相比，UPB导致的自我非人化程度更低，而社会联系性和感知道德性则是这种非人化程度的先后顺序（研究2-4）。此外，UPB 与道德亲社会行为的比较表明，UPB 不一定比道德亲社会行为导致更多的自我非人化（研究 4）。虽然 UPB 被评为道德水平较低，但它与道德亲社会行为的社会联系水平相似。这些结果对道德和非人化研究具有重要意义，并强调了社会联系在减少非人化方面的作用。

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British Journal of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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9.50

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