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Genschow, Oliver ORCID: 0000-0001-6322-4392 and Lange, Jens ORCID: 0000-0002-5375-3247 (2022). Belief in Free Will Is Related to Internal Attribution in Self-Perception. Soc. Psychol. Personal Sci., 13 (8). S. 1259 - 1269. THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. ISSN 1948-5514

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Abstract

Past research indicates that individuals' belief in free will is related to attributing others' behavior to internal causes. An open question is whether belief in free will is related to the attribution of one's own action. To answer this question, we tested two opposing predictions against each other by assessing the relation of belief in free will with the self-serving bias-individuals' tendency to attribute personal success more strongly to internal forces and failure to external forces. The resource hypothesis predicts that a higher endorsement in free will belief relates to a lower self-serving bias. The intention attribution hypothesis predicts that belief in free will relates to higher internal attributions, as compared with external attributions, irrespective of success and failure. Meta-analytic evidence across five high-powered studies (total N = 1 , 137) supports the intention attribution hypothesis, but not the resource hypothesis (materials and data are available on the Open Science Framework: https://osf.io/2a89c/).

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Genschow, Oliver UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-6322-4392 UNSPECIFIED Lange, Jens UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-5375-3247 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-668215
DOI:	10.1177/19485506211057711
Journal or Publication Title:	Soc. Psychol. Personal Sci.
Volume:	13
Number:	8
Page Range:	S. 1259 - 1269
Date:	2022
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Place of Publication:	THOUSAND OAKS
ISSN:	1948-5514
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Center of Excellence C-SEB Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie
Subjects:	Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language WEAKENING BELIEF; EXTERNAL CONTROL; SERVING BIAS; RESPONSIBILITY; PREDICTS; SUCCESS; AGENCY; TIME Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/66821