The present paper is based on the question if the presence vs. absence of certain verbal components in apologies and accounts has any effect on victims perceptions of the situation and on the harm-doers character. Subjects were given a brief scenario in which the careless behavior of a friend led to harm. Subjects were asked to place themselves in the role of the victim. In the harm-doers verbal account for having behaved carelessly, five account components (Admitting Fault, Admitting Damage, Expressing Remorse, Asking for Pardon, Offering Compensation) and all their possible combinations were independently manipulated in order to explore their additive and joint effects on victims emotional and judgmental reactions. First, the relationship...
There is little experimental work examining the ways in which particular procedural features of rest...
When two actors have exactly the same mental states but one happens to harm another person (unlucky ...
'This study was carried out in order to (1) test the effects of (im-)politeness and indicators of in...
One simple way to handle interpersonal conflict is to use accounts to explain one's behaviors. Altho...
The ‘apology-acceptance’ script that may prevail during the victim–offender mediation process sugges...
Existing studies report on tendencies for first-party victims of a transgression to be less consider...
Why do people continue to interact with others who have harmed them in the past? A plausible explana...
This research dealt with attributions of intent to harm, responsibility, justification and affect ma...
The purpose of the present investigation was to explore and better understand the relationship betwe...
When two actors have the same mental state but one happens to harm another person (unlucky actor) an...
This study proposes and tests a model that applies the concept of restorative justice to the enactme...
markdownabstract__Abstract__ An apology is one of the most common ways for a perpetrator to initi...
Research shows that apologies are useful social tools. Yet common sense tells us that apologies ofte...
Apologies are important in social interactions. Study 1 investigated participants’ reactions after b...
Das Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung war es, Fragen der gerechten Strafverteilung im Hinblick auf ...
There is little experimental work examining the ways in which particular procedural features of rest...
When two actors have exactly the same mental states but one happens to harm another person (unlucky ...
'This study was carried out in order to (1) test the effects of (im-)politeness and indicators of in...
One simple way to handle interpersonal conflict is to use accounts to explain one's behaviors. Altho...
The ‘apology-acceptance’ script that may prevail during the victim–offender mediation process sugges...
Existing studies report on tendencies for first-party victims of a transgression to be less consider...
Why do people continue to interact with others who have harmed them in the past? A plausible explana...
This research dealt with attributions of intent to harm, responsibility, justification and affect ma...
The purpose of the present investigation was to explore and better understand the relationship betwe...
When two actors have the same mental state but one happens to harm another person (unlucky actor) an...
This study proposes and tests a model that applies the concept of restorative justice to the enactme...
markdownabstract__Abstract__ An apology is one of the most common ways for a perpetrator to initi...
Research shows that apologies are useful social tools. Yet common sense tells us that apologies ofte...
Apologies are important in social interactions. Study 1 investigated participants’ reactions after b...
Das Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung war es, Fragen der gerechten Strafverteilung im Hinblick auf ...
There is little experimental work examining the ways in which particular procedural features of rest...
When two actors have exactly the same mental states but one happens to harm another person (unlucky ...
'This study was carried out in order to (1) test the effects of (im-)politeness and indicators of in...