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Molho, Catherine, Tybur, Joshua M., Gler, Ezgi, Balliet, Daniel and Hofmann, Wilhelm (2017). Disgust and Anger Relate to Different Aggressive Responses to Moral Violations. Psychol. Sci., 28 (5). S. 609 - 620. THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. ISSN 1467-9280

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Abstract

In response to the same moral violation, some people report experiencing anger, and others report feeling disgust. Do differences in emotional responses to moral violations reflect idiosyncratic differences in the communication of outrage, or do they reflect differences in motivational states? Whereas equivalence accounts suggest that anger and disgust are interchangeable expressions of condemnation, sociofunctional accounts suggest that they have distinct antecedents and consequences. We tested these accounts by investigating whether anger and disgust vary depending on the costs imposed by moral violations and whether they differentially correspond with aggressive tendencies. Results across four studies favor a sociofunctional account: When the target of a moral violation shifts from the self to another person, anger decreases, but disgust increases. Whereas anger is associated with high-cost, direct aggression, disgust is associated with less costly indirect aggression. Finally, whether the target of a moral violation is the self or another person influences direct aggression partially via anger and influences indirect aggression partially via disgust.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Molho, Catherine UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tybur, Joshua M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Gler, Ezgi UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Balliet, Daniel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hofmann, Wilhelm UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-233520
DOI:	10.1177/0956797617692000
Journal or Publication Title:	Psychol. Sci.
Volume:	28
Number:	5
Page Range:	S. 609 - 620
Date:	2017
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Place of Publication:	THOUSAND OAKS
ISSN:	1467-9280
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language EMOTIONS; CAD; HYPOTHESIS; DIVINITY; TRAIT Multiple languages Psychology, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/23352