Research article summary (published 30 Mar 2008):

Effects of social value orientations on fairness judgments.

Full Abstract

The authors assessed the impact that social value orientations--prosocial (i.e., concerned about outcomes for both oneself and others) versus proself (i.e., concerned about one's own outcome only)--had on fairness judgments in a non-negotiation setting. The results indicated that prosocials generally formed fairness judgments in a manner suggested by equity theory:
Given the same input as a comparison other, they saw an equal outcome as fairer than a favorable or unfavorable outcome. The fairness determinations of proselfs, however, tended to follow the tenets of self-interest theory:
Given the same input as a comparison other, they saw a favorable outcome as fairer than an unfavorable outcome. Contrary to self-interest theory, proselfs did not find a favorable outcome fairer than an equal outcome. These findings indicate that social value orientations differentially affect the evaluation of outcome information in the formation of fairness judgments.

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Author information

Author/s: Anderson, William D (WD); Patterson, Miles L (ML);

Affiliation: Central Methodist University, Park Hills, MO, USA. andersonwi(-atsign-)umsl.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: The Journal of social psychology (J Soc Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Apr; vol 148 (issue 2) : pp 223-45

Dates: Created 2008/06/02; Completed 2008/07/17;

PMID: 18512420, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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Altruism Culture Defense Mechanisms Humans Individuality Judgment

Motivation Personal Construct Theory Social Justice Social Values Students - psychology Trust

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