A needs-based level of construal: Members of perceived victim and perpetrator groups prefer to represent transgressions at different levels of abstraction.
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DOI: 10.1037/pspi0000489
Abstract: Informed by the needs-based model of reconciliation, we hypothesized that members of perceived perpetrator groups would prefer more abstract representations of historical or present transgressions than members of perceived victim groups. Six lab experiments (total… read more here.
Keywords: members perceived; perceived victim; group; perpetrator groups ... See more keywords