The self-serving bias in relational context.
Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyPublished 1 February 1998
Constantine Sedikides, W. Keith Campbell, Glenn D. Reeder, Andrew J. Elliot
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This article examined the impact of relationship closeness on the self-serving bias (SSB). Members of relationally distant dyads working on interdependen t-outcomes tasks manifested the SSB: They took credit for dyadic success but blamed the partner for dyadic failure. However, members of relationally close dyads did not manifest the SSB: They did not take more credit than their partner for dyadic success and did not blame the partner more than the self for dyadic failure. This gracious attributional pattern of relationally close dyad members is due, at least in part, to formation of a favorable impression of the partner. Relationship closeness acts as a bound to an individual's selfenhancing tendencies. If more than one person is responsible for a miscalculation, none will be at fault—Murphy's Law
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