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Predicting coping with expectation violations: combining the ViolEx Model and the Covariation Principle
An experimental vignette study examined whether three specific situational cues predict ways of coping with violated expectations. The situational cues (consistency, distinctiveness, consensus) were derived from the Covariation Principle. The assessed coping strategies were based on the ViolEx Mo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Philipps-Universität Marburg
2023
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| Summary: | An experimental vignette study examined whether three specific situational
cues predict ways of coping with violated expectations. The situational cues
(consistency, distinctiveness, consensus) were derived from the Covariation
Principle. The assessed coping strategies were based on the ViolEx Model—
assimilation (activities to fulfill one’s expectation), accommodation (expectation
change) and immunization (ignoring the discrepant information). A sample of
124 adults (mean age = 23.60 years; 49.19 percent psychology students) were
randomly assigned to an experimental and control condition. Participants of
the experimental condition read several vignettes about expectation violations
with systematically manipulated situational cues, while participants of the
control condition received the same vignettes without such cues. Participants
had to rate the usefulness of each coping strategy per vignette. The situational
cues mostly led to response shifts in coping tendencies: Situations with low
consistency cues mostly led to immunization, whereas high consistency led to
assimilation in the case of high distinctiveness and to accommodation in the case
of low distinctiveness. Consensus cues only played a minor part in the coping
process. The results show that situational characteristics influence people’s
coping behavior, regardless of their dispositional preferences for certain coping
strategies. |
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| Item Description: | Gefördert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der UB Marburg. |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1152261 |