社会比较对大学生公平感知的影响：主观社会经济地位的调节作用

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2022.02.019

摘要/Abstract

摘要： 本研究考察社会比较对大学生公平感知的影响，并探讨主观社会经济地位在其中的调节作用。控制社会比较的方向、不公平程度及有无代价等因素，结果发现，社会比较会影响大学生的公平感知，在向上社会比较条件下，大学生更愿意选择平等选项；主观社会经济地位能够调节社会比较对大学生公平感知的影响，低主观社会经济地位大学生在向下社会比较时更愿意选择平等选项。大学生具有较强的公平感知，关注自身利益是否最大化。

关键词: 公平感知, 不平等规避, 社会比较, 主观社会经济地位

Abstract: The current study examined the effects of social comparison on college students’ sense of fairness, and explored the moderating role of subjective social status. We recruited 265 college students and used an experimental design which contains social comparison, the degree of unfairness and whether there is a cost for oneself to achieve the equal split. We also examined participants’ subjective social status by using the MacArthur Scale of Subjective SES. The results showed that social comparison had an effect on college students’ sense of fairness. Compared to downward social comparison, college students were more inclined to choose the equal split in upward social comparison; subjective social status could moderate the effect of social comparison on college students’ sense of fairness, participants in the lower subjective social status tend to choose the equal split in downward social comparison. College students’ sense of fairness are quite high, and they mainly focus on how to maximize their interest in resource distribution.

Key words: sense of fairness, inequality aversion, social comparison, subjective social status

中图分类号:

B849

徐晓惠, 张耀华, 徐敏, 张明浩. 社会比较对大学生公平感知的影响：主观社会经济地位的调节作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2022, 20(2): 274-281.

XU Xiaohui, ZHANG Yaohua, XU Min, ZHANG Minghao. The Effects of Social Comparison on College Students’ Sense of Fairness: The Moderating Role of Subjective Social Status[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2022, 20(2): 274-281.

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