{"title":"Mapping of Meaning and Pleasure on the Temporal Horizon: Long-Term Orientation Predicts Preference for Meaningful Over Pleasurable Activities","authors":"Emily K. Hong, Jinhyung Kim, Incheol Choi","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.3142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3142","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Meaning and pleasure, albeit closely tied, are often distinguished in their temporality. The present research aims to deepen the understanding of temporality of meaning and pleasure by examining whether long-term orientation (LTO) positively predicts the preference for meaning-oriented behaviours but negatively predicts the preference for pleasure-oriented behaviours. Four studies (<i>N</i> = 1251) revealed supporting evidence for meaning but less consistent pattern for pleasure. Study 1 demonstrated that LTO was more consistently associated with the preference for meaningful activities (e.g., helping someone) than pleasurable activities (e.g., watching TV). Studies 2–3B further revealed that experimentally induced LTO increased the preference for meaningful activities while attenuating the preference for clearly pleasurable activities (e.g., getting drunk) only, indirectly through the LTO cultural values—tradition and planning. Our findings advance the understanding of how the pursuit of meaning and pleasure is mapped onto a wider scale of temporal orientation.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"55 2","pages":"274-293"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143535779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Policing Corruption or Corrupted Policing? Social Norms and Policing in Ghana","authors":"Riccardo D'Emidio","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.3137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3137","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article is a qualitative study of the relationship between social norms and corrupt behaviour in the Ghana Police Service. Although there is a growing body of literature exploring this nexus in very different settings, relatively less attention has been given to understanding the extent of the normative influence of social norms over corrupt behaviour. Social norms do not operate in a vacuum; therefore, to better understand their normative influence, it is critical to have analytical clarity of the broader social, economic and political settings in which they unfold. In order to so, this article deploys and adapts a set of analytical tools developed by Ben Cislaghi and Lori Heise, namely, the ‘dynamic framework for social change’ and the ‘theory of normative spectrum’ to map the different factors shaping corrupt behaviour and their interaction with relevant social norms. The data used for this analysis consist in 43 in person interviews with police officers and other anti-corruption stakeholders, collected in different rounds using semi-structured interviews and textual vignettes as eliciting tools. The findings of this research suggest that behavioural elements of sociality appear to be regulated by different enabling factors, which can impact the salience of the norm at play.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"55 3","pages":"440-456"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.3137","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143778466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thekla Morgenroth, they/them, Michelle K. Ryan, she/her, Madisyn F. Arnold, she/her, Nadira S. Faber
{"title":"The Moralization of Women's Bodies","authors":"Thekla Morgenroth, they/them, Michelle K. Ryan, she/her, Madisyn F. Arnold, she/her, Nadira S. Faber","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.3136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3136","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Women's bodies have long been subject to societal control. We examine a form of gender/sex bias that may be used to justify and maintain such control: the moralization of women's bodies. Across two studies with US samples (total <i>N</i> = 805), we show that people draw more strongly on morality when justifying their views about women's (vs. men's) autonomy over their bodies. Study 1 showed that a wide range of body-related behaviours were seen as more of a moral issue for women than for men—a pattern that was absent for behaviours unrelated to bodily autonomy. Study 2 focused on a context with more opposition to women's bodily autonomy (public toplessness) and showed that people drew more strongly on morality when justifying their opposition to women's, compared to men's, bodily autonomy. Exploratory analyses suggested that sexist beliefs may play an important role in such gendered moralization.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"55 1","pages":"227-239"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.3136","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143404743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Judit Kende, Luca Feher, Linda R. Tropp, Eva G. T. Green, Dirk Jacobs, Olivier Klein
{"title":"Friendship With Immigrants and Inclusive Policies Correspond to More Positive Perceptions of Immigrants: A Longitudinal Multilevel Analysis Across North America and Europe","authors":"Judit Kende, Luca Feher, Linda R. Tropp, Eva G. T. Green, Dirk Jacobs, Olivier Klein","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.3135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3135","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Relational and societal exclusion of immigrants in Western countries fuels negative perceptions of immigrants among non-migrants. We investigated how relational and societal inclusion in the form of friendship and immigrant integration policies jointly relate to perceptions of immigrants. We conducted a longitudinal multilevel analysis drawing on probability samples of non-migrants from the Transatlantic Trends Survey (<i>N</i> = 27,513) in nine North American and European countries over 5 years. Extending prior scholarship, we provide longitudinal evidence that more inclusive immigrant integration policies correspond to greater numbers of immigrant friends. Greater friendships with immigrants, in turn, corresponded to more positive perceptions of immigrants. Furthermore, we found that exclusive policies predict negative perceptions of immigrants but only among non-migrants who have few immigrant friends. Instead, when non-migrants report more immigrant friends, their perceptions of immigrants are positive regardless of policies. Thus, societal inclusion is related to stronger relational inclusion, but once intergroup friendships are established, societal exclusion is less consequential.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"55 1","pages":"213-226"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.3135","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143404780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meta Zahro Aurelia, Jan-Willem van Prooijen, Paul A. M. Van Lange
{"title":"How Do People Morally Judge Corruption? A Comparison Between the Netherlands and Indonesia","authors":"Meta Zahro Aurelia, Jan-Willem van Prooijen, Paul A. M. Van Lange","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.3130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3130","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Extant research on corruption has uncovered the important role of norms. Yet, little is known about how people view specific acts of corruption in countries that differ in the prevalence of corruption. The present research examines moral judgements of four different types of corrupt acts in a high- versus low-corruption country, thereby providing a critical test of two opposing hypotheses. The descriptive norms approach predicts that citizens of a high-corruption country will be morally more lenient than citizens of a low-corruption country. The relative deprivation approach predicts the opposite, that citizens of a high-corruption country will morally condemn corrupt acts stronger than citizens of a low-corruption country. Drawing samples from the Netherlands and Indonesia (a low- vs. high-corruption country), two experiments (total <i>N</i> = 477) show that Dutch participants are often more morally permissive towards corruption than Indonesians, although specific results varied for the four types of corruption. This largely supported the relative deprivation approach. In addition, Indonesian participants expressed more disappointment and anger towards corruption than Dutch participants. This research suggests that feeling deprived through regular corruption experiences leads people to condemn corrupt acts more strongly.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"55 3","pages":"472-489"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.3130","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143778205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Madlen Hoffstadt, Iris Smal, Han van der Maas, Javier Garcia-Bernardo
{"title":"Involvement as a Polarizing Factor?—A Comprehensive Multi-Method Analysis across Representative Datasets","authors":"Madlen Hoffstadt, Iris Smal, Han van der Maas, Javier Garcia-Bernardo","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.3132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3132","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Complex system models of attitudes, such as the Hierarchical Ising Opinion Model (HIOM), suggest that a person's involvement in an attitude object could be linked to attitude extremity and polarization. Despite its potential to integrate various theories of attitude change and despite the implications it could hold for attitude research, this assumption has not yet been studied systematically. We investigate the role of involvement in five large-scale, representative surveys on general political orientation and attitudes towards the EU and COVID-19 vaccines, conducted in 79 different countries over the last 8 years. We propose criteria to classify the degree of ideological divergence and introduce a modality detection measure suited for ordinal data and large sample sizes. We find that involvement is linked to attitude extremity and that predictions of HIOM are validated in a topic-specific dataset on COVID-19 vaccines. Results on political orientation and general attitudes towards the EU show either no effect of involvement or patterns that contradict HIOM's predictions. We discuss implications for the measurement of involvement, complex system models of attitudes and polarization research.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"55 1","pages":"193-212"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.3132","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143404793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fergus G. Neville, S. Alexander Haslam, Maaike Homan, Stephen D. Reicher, Niklas K. Steffens
{"title":"Engaged Onlooking: How Organisational Identification Shapes Public Condoning of Corporate Corruption","authors":"Fergus G. Neville, S. Alexander Haslam, Maaike Homan, Stephen D. Reicher, Niklas K. Steffens","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.3131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3131","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We examine how social identity processes shape condoning of organisational corruption among onlookers. Two studies examined the willingness of outside observers to condone, or else condemn, corrupt actions of real organisations, a process we call ‘engaged onlookership’ building on the social identity approach to engaged followership. In both Study 1 (cross-sectional) and Study 2 (experimental), we found that identification with a company guilty of malfeasance and identification with the monitoring agency who uncovered their scandal independently predicted opposing effects on condoning corruption, even while controlling for moral identity and demographic factors. These findings were then replicated and extended in Study 3 that made several methodological improvements upon previous studies. Results provided additional evidence of an indirect effect of the manipulation on condoning corruption through company identification. These findings provide support for an engaged onlookership model of corruption which posits that onlookers are more likely to endorse morally problematic behaviour when they believe it is performed by, and in the interests of, an organisation with which they identify.</p>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"55 3","pages":"501-519"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsp.3131","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143778467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qiner Du, Fang Wang, Lei Cheng, Tailong Han, Mingyang Hao
{"title":"Doing Bad to Feel Good: Working Objectification Promotes Production Deviance Via Thwarted Perceived Control","authors":"Qiner Du, Fang Wang, Lei Cheng, Tailong Han, Mingyang Hao","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.3133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3133","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>What if employees engage in production deviance (e.g., take excessive breaks, intentionally work more slowly) not because they are lazy, but because they are trying to recover from working objectification? Through four studies (<i>N</i> = 1075), we test whether working objectification promotes production deviance via thwarted perceived control. The results showed that employees who experienced more working objectification reported lower levels of control and thus engaged in production deviance more frequently (Studies 1 to 4) and planned to spend more time on production deviance (Studies 3 and 4). Furthermore, restoring objectified employees’ perceived control can reduce the occurrence of production deviance (Study 4). Together, these studies provide insight into how working objectification promotes production deviance and how to mitigate this effect.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"55 1","pages":"176-192"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143404821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maite Regina Beramendi, Luis Oceja, Sergio Salgado
{"title":"Pay Your Taxes! Stay Behind the Yellow Line!: Testing the Normative Appraisal Scale","authors":"Maite Regina Beramendi, Luis Oceja, Sergio Salgado","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.3128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3128","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Our attention is constantly drawn by messages that propose to us what should (not) be done in a specific place. According to the Evaluative Model of Normative Appeals (EMNA), we perceive them through a process (normative appraisal) that is structured in three dimensions, and assesses the degree to which the proposal (a) comes from an institution that ensures compliance, (b) avoids physical or psychological damage, and (c) affords the performance of the main intended action. We review the theoretical underpinnings related to these three dimensions, create a scale to measure them (Normative Appraisal Scale, NAS), and validate it in two studies. Specifically, 2376 citizens in eight countries completed the NAS regarding the norms of paying taxes and not drinking on the street (Study 1), and 1544 subway users completed it regarding two transport norms (Study 2). The analyses supported the three-dimensional structure of the NAS. Furthermore, the NAS increased the prediction when included along with other predictors: sociological variables; social axioms and values (Study 1); and descriptive norm, injunctive norm, personal control, and formal sanction (Study 2). We suggest that the NAS is useful to assess the actual perception of specific normative appeals and anticipate their effectiveness in influencing peoples’ decisions.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"55 1","pages":"162-175"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143404800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew J. Hornsey, Kelly S. Fielding, George Marshall, Winnifred R. Louis
{"title":"Intergroup Conflict Over Climate Change: Problems and Solutions","authors":"Matthew J. Hornsey, Kelly S. Fielding, George Marshall, Winnifred R. Louis","doi":"10.1002/ejsp.3127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3127","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Global progress in combatting climate change is being slowed by intergroup conflict and tribalism. Addressing the intergroup tensions of today is a pre-requisite for avoiding violent intergroup tensions in the future, tensions that may threaten societal structures we currently take for granted. This paper highlights five sources of intergroup conflict that compromise humans’ ability to effectively and swiftly respond to climate change: political tribalism, populist suspicion of elites, regional differences within nations, international conflicts, and tensions between and within activist identities. We then draw on established and emerging social psychological theorising to describe five strategies for constructively managing this intergroup conflict: maintaining climate justice, reducing disinformation and silencing bad-faith actors, maintaining cohesion among progressive forces, focusing on trusted messengers, and empathic communication. Throughout we underscore the extent to which policy making and strategic communication can play roles in depolarising debate about climate change.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48377,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Social Psychology","volume":"55 2","pages":"243-250"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143536032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}