The competition dynamics of approach and avoidance motivations following interpersonal transgression.

ABSTRACT: Two behavioral motivations coexist in transgressors following an interpersonal transgression-approaching and compensating the victim and avoiding the victim. Little is known about how these motivations arise, compete, and drive transgressors' decisions. The present study adopted a social interaction task to manipulate participants' (i.e., the transgressor) responsibility for another's (i.e., the victim) monetary loss and measure the participants' tradeoff between compensating the victim and avoiding face-to-face interactions with the victim. Following each transgression, participants used a computer mouse to choose between two options differing in the amount of compensation to the victim and the probability of face-to-face contact with the victim. Results showed that as participants' respo

SUBMITTER: Shen B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10556639 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature