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Citation |
Boon SD, Alibhai AM, Deveau VL. Can. J. Behav. Sci. 2011; 43(2): 128-137. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2011, Canadian Psychological Association, Publisher Elsevier Publishing) |
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Abstract |
The present investigation explored individuals' (N = 58) retrospective accounts of the costs and benefits associated with acts of revenge they had committed against a current or past romantic partner. Content analysis of participants' responses to a semistructured interview revealed that, consistent with claims that revenge can have constructive as well as destructive consequences, participants described both good and bad outcomes associated with their vengeful acts. There was little evidence, however, that they perceived the consequences of revenge as achieving prosocial ends (i.e., as having benefited their partners/relationships or others) and, overall, participants seemed to believe that they, rather than others, had profited from their vengeful actions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) |
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Keywords |
Consequence; Costs and Cost Analysis; Couples; Interpersonal Relationships; Retaliation; Romance |