Li Chao, Dang Jianning, Liu Li, Wei Cong, Liang Yuan
Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Br J Soc Psychol. 2023 Jan;62(1):503-520. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12582. Epub 2022 Oct 11.
Past work has demonstrated the psychological benefits of nostalgia; however, little is known about its 'dark side'. Considering both the sociality of nostalgia and the relational nature of bribery, we proposed that nostalgia would bolster social connectedness, which, in turn, would promote bribe-taking. We conducted four experiments (N = 887 online and laboratory participants) to test this assumption. Experimentally induced nostalgia boosted the willingness to take a bribe across different scenarios (Experiments 1 and 2) and facilitated bribe-taking behaviour (Experiment 3); the increased social connectedness accounted for these effects (Experiments 2 and 3). Furthermore, the positive effect of social connectedness on bribe-taking was salient, especially when bribe-taking was framed as a way of establishing social relationships (Experiment 4). The findings not only broaden our understanding of nostalgia and bribe-taking but also provide practical implications for anti-bribery initiatives.
过去的研究已经证明了怀旧的心理益处；然而，人们对其“阴暗面”却知之甚少。考虑到怀旧的社会性和贿赂的关系本质，我们提出怀旧会增强社会联系，而这反过来又会促进受贿行为。我们进行了四项实验（共887名在线和实验室参与者）来检验这一假设。实验诱发的怀旧情绪在不同情境下提高了受贿意愿（实验1和实验2），并促成了受贿行为（实验3）；社会联系的增强解释了这些效应（实验2和实验3）。此外，社会联系对受贿的积极影响很显著，尤其是当受贿被视为建立社会关系的一种方式时（实验4）。这些发现不仅拓宽了我们对怀旧和受贿的理解，也为反贿赂举措提供了实际启示。
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