Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, volume 95, issue 6, pages 1316-1324

The paradoxical consequences of revenge.

Kevin M. Carlsmith ¹

Timothy M. Wilson ²

Daniel T. Gilbert ³

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Department of Psychology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, US |

Dept. of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, US |

Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, US. |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2008-11-24

American Psychological Association (APA)

Journal: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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SJR: 3.610

CiteScore: 12.7

Impact factor: 6.4

ISSN: 00223514, 19391315

DOI: 10.1037/a0012165

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PubMed ID: 19025285

Sociology and Political Science

Social Psychology

Abstract

People expect to reap hedonic rewards when they punish an offender, but in at least some instances, revenge has hedonic consequences that are precisely the opposite of what people expect. Three studies showed that (a) one reason for this is that people who punish continue to ruminate about the offender, whereas those who do not punish "move on" and think less about the offender, and (b) people fail to appreciate the different affective consequences of witnessing and instigating punishment.

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Carlsmith K. M., Wilson T. M., Gilbert D. T. The paradoxical consequences of revenge. // Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 2008. Vol. 95. No. 6. pp. 1316-1324.

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Carlsmith K. M., Wilson T. M., Gilbert D. T. The paradoxical consequences of revenge. // Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 2008. Vol. 95. No. 6. pp. 1316-1324.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1037/a0012165

UR - https://doi.org/10.1037/a0012165

TI - The paradoxical consequences of revenge.

T2 - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

AU - Carlsmith, Kevin M.

AU - Wilson, Timothy M.

AU - Gilbert, Daniel T.

PY - 2008

DA - 2008/11/24

PB - American Psychological Association (APA)

SP - 1316-1324

IS - 6

VL - 95

PMID - 19025285

SN - 0022-3514

SN - 1939-1315

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@article{2008_Carlsmith,

author = {Kevin M. Carlsmith and Timothy M. Wilson and Daniel T. Gilbert},

title = {The paradoxical consequences of revenge.},

journal = {Journal of Personality and Social Psychology},

year = {2008},

volume = {95},

publisher = {American Psychological Association (APA)},

month = {nov},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1037/a0012165},

number = {6},

pages = {1316--1324},

doi = {10.1037/a0012165}

}

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Carlsmith, Kevin M., et al. “The paradoxical consequences of revenge..” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 95, no. 6, Nov. 2008, pp. 1316-1324. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0012165.

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Publisher

American Psychological Association (APA)

Journal

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

scimago Q1

SJR

3.610

CiteScore

12.7

Impact factor

6.4

ISSN

00223514 (Print)

19391315 (Electronic)