Stealing thunder: The influence of confession specificity and transgression severity
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104218
Abstract: Abstract Revealing potentially damaging information about oneself before others reveal the same information is known as “stealing thunder”. The goal of this tactic is to elicit favorable evaluations from others, thus mitigating the damage that… read more here.
Keywords: specificity; confession specificity; stealing thunder; transgression ... See more keywords