Self-Esteem and Outcome Fairness: Differential Importance of Procedural and Outcome Considerations

Results of a survey of 222 detainees in Dutch jails and police stations showed that outcome-fairness judgments of individuals with high self-esteem were more strongly related to outcome considerations than to procedural considerations, whereas outcome-fairness judgments of individuals with low self-...

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Published in:Journal of applied psychology 2001-08, Vol.86 (4), p.621-628
Main Authors: Vermunt, Riël, van Knippenberg, Daan, van Knippenberg, Barbara, Blaauw, Eric
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Applied psychology
Attitude
Attitudes
Biological and medical sciences
Criminal Justice
Evaluation
Fairness
Female
Human
Humans
Incarcerated
Individual Differences
Judgement
Male
Medical sciences
Netherlands
Penology
Perception
Police stations
Prejudice
Prisoners
Prisoners - psychology
Procedural justice
Psychological aspects
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Regression analysis
Self Concept
Self esteem
Self evaluation
Selfesteem
Social Behavior
Social behavior disorders. Criminal behavior. Delinquency
Social Cognition
Social interaction
Studies
Surveys
Suspected offenders
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Summary:Results of a survey of 222 detainees in Dutch jails and police stations showed that outcome-fairness judgments of individuals with high self-esteem were more strongly related to outcome considerations than to procedural considerations, whereas outcome-fairness judgments of individuals with low self-esteem were more strongly related to procedural considerations than to outcome considerations. It was proposed that these differences were due to the fact that (a) procedures more strongly express a social evaluation than outcomes and (b) individuals with low self-esteem are more concerned with social evaluations than individuals with high self-esteem. The implications of the results for other individual-differences factors and other populations than detainees are discussed.
ISSN:0021-9010
1939-1854
DOI:10.1037/0021-9010.86.4.621