Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: We investigated the relationship between personal relative deprivation (PRD)-resentment from the belief that one is worse off than people who are similar to oneself-and locus of control. BACKGROUND: Research has yet to comprehensively investigate whether PRD is associated with a tendency to favor external (vs. internal) explanations for self- and other-relevant outcomes. METHOD: = 6729) employed cross-sectional, experimental, and (micro)longitudinal designs and used established trait and state measures of PRD and loci of control. RESULTS: Participants higher in PRD adopted more external (vs. internal) explanations for others' outcomes while controlling for socio-demographics (e.g., socioeconomic status; Studies 1-4). This relationship was mediated by a lowered sense of personal control (Study 1) and evident in a cross-national sample of participants in Asia (Study 2). PRD is more robustly associated with external than internal explanations for self and other-relevant outcomes (Studies 5-8), and within-person changes in PRD are positively associated with within-person changes in external explanations (month-to-month and day-to-day; Studies 7-8). CONCLUSIONS: PRD is positively associated with external locus of control independent of socioeconomic status, within and between people, and across cultures. This research highlights the implications of PRD for people's construal of the causal forces that govern their lives.
Source: Journal of Personality
DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12980
Authors: Mitchell J. Callan, Robbie M. Sutton, Phatthanakit Chobthamkit, Victoria Wai Lan Yeung, Florence Y. N. Leung, Ryosuke Asano, Peter Beattie, Allan B. I. Bernardo, Chinun Boonroungrut, Jen‐Ho Chang, Anindita Chaudhuri, Chin‐Lung Chien, Hoon‐Seok Choi, Lixian Cui, Hongfei Du, Alexander Scott English, Kei Fuji, Hidefumi Hitokoto, Junko Iida, Keiko Ishii, Ding‐Yu Jiang, Yashpal Jogdand, Hyejoo J. Lee, Nobuhiro Mifune, Aya Murayama, Jinkyung Na, Kim One, Joonha Park, Kosuke Sato, Punit Shah, Suryodaya Sharma, Eunkook M. Suh, Arun Tipandjan, Michael Shengtao Wu, William J. Skylark
Institutions: University of Bath, University of Kent, Thammasat University, Lingnan University, Kurume University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, De La Salle University, Silpakorn University, Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, University of Calcutta, Soochow University, Sungkyunkwan University, New York University Shanghai, Beijing Normal University, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, Wenzhou-Kean University, University of Tsukuba, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nagoya University, National Chung Cheng University, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Handong Global University, Kochi University of Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Sogang University, Neurological Institute of Thailand, Kyoto University, Krea University, Yonsei University, Xiamen University, University of Cambridge
Language: English
Topic: Emotions and Moral Behavior
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,780
OpenAlex ID: W4403619549