TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - How voluntariness of apologies affects actual and hypothetical victims' perceptions of the offender
JO  - Journal of social psychology
A1  - Jehle, Alayna
A1  - Miller, Monica K.
A1  - Kemmelmeier, Markus
A1  - Maskaly, Jonathan
SP  - 727
EP  - 745
VL  - 152
IS  - 6
N2  - Apologies are important in social interactions. Study 1 investigated participants' reactions after being insulted by a confederate and receiving no apology, a voluntary apology, a coerced apology with consequences (i.e., explicitly coerced apology), or a coerced apology without consequences (i.e., implicitly coerced apology). Receiving any apology produced more positive perceptions of the offender and less serious recommended punishments than no apology. Study 2 replicated Study 1, except participants read about the insult and imagined being a victim (instead of being an actual victim as in Study 1). Actual victims distinguished between types of apologies while hypothetical victims did not. Results have implications for court-ordered apologies.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-4545
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -