The More I See It the Less I Want It: Sociotropic Corruption and (In)tolerance Towards Corruption in Contexts of Perceived Economic Crisis

IF 2.8 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

European Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-09 DOI:10.1002/ejsp.3138

Rui Costa-Lopes, Emerson Araújo Do Bú, Filipa Madeira, Isabel R. Pinto

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Abstract

Whether the widespread perception of corruption is associated with lower or higher tolerance towards corrupt practices remains an important research question. Considering that, in economic downturns, citizens may become particularly sensitive to corruption, this paper goes further by exploring how the relationship between perceived sociotropic corruption and tolerance towards corruption may be moderated by perceptions of economic crisis. Findings from Study 1 with a representative sample of the Portuguese population (N = 1020) indicate that the higher the perceived sociotropic corruption, the lower the tolerance for corruption and that the negative relationship between sociotropic corruption and tolerance for corruption is strengthened by an economic crisis perception. Study 2 (N = 120) experimentally explored these findings and provided preliminary evidence of greater intolerance towards corruption under high sociotropic corruption, especially when the economic crisis perception is salient. These results show how the salience of corruption practices might improve adherence to integrity normative expectations and how contextual factors might impact this process.

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越看越不想看：社会腐败和对经济危机的（不）容忍度

对腐败的广泛认知与对腐败行为的较低或较高容忍度是否相关，仍然是一个重要的研究问题。考虑到在经济不景气的情况下，公民可能会对腐败现象特别敏感，本文进一步探讨了社会腐败感知与腐败容忍度之间的关系如何会受到经济危机感知的调节。第一项研究对葡萄牙人口进行了代表性抽样调查（样本数 = 1020），结果表明，社会腐败感知越高，对腐败的容忍度就越低，而经济危机感知会加强社会腐败感知与腐败容忍度之间的负相关关系。研究 2（N = 120）对这些发现进行了实验性探索，并提供了初步证据，表明在社会倾向性腐败程度较高的情况下，尤其是当经济危机感知突出时，对腐败的不容忍度更高。这些结果表明，腐败行为的突出性可能会提高对廉正规范性预期的遵守程度，以及环境因素可能会对这一过程产生怎样的影响。

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European Journal of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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6.10

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