ObjectiveWe investigated the relationship between personal relative deprivation (PRD)—resentment from the belief that one is worse off than people who are similar to oneself—and locus of control.BackgroundResearch has yet to comprehensively investigate whether PRD is associated with a tendency to favor external (vs. internal) explanations for self‐ and other‐relevant outcomes.MethodEight studies (Ntotal = 6729) employed cross‐sectional, experimental, and (micro)longitudinal designs and used established trait and state measures of PRD and loci of control.ResultsParticipants higher in PRD adopted more external (vs. internal) explanations for others' outcomes while controlling for socio‐demographics (e.g., socioeconomic status; Studies 1–4). This relationship was mediated by a lowered sense of personal control (Study 1) and evident in a cross‐national sample of participants in Asia (Study 2). PRD is more robustly associated with external than internal explanations for self and other‐relevant outcomes (Studies 5–8), and within‐person changes in PRD are positively associated with within‐person changes in external explanations (month‐to‐month and day‐to‐day; Studies 7–8).ConclusionsPRD is positively associated with external locus of control independent of socioeconomic status, within and between people, and across cultures. This research highlights the implications of PRD for people's construal of the causal forces that govern their lives.

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个人相对剥夺和控制点


目的我们调查了个人相对剥夺 （PRD） ——认为自己比自己相似的人更糟糕的怨恨——与控制点之间的关系。背景研究尚未全面调查 PRD 是否与倾向于对自身和其他相关结果的外部（而不是内部）解释有关。方法八项研究 （Ntotal = 6729） 采用横断面、实验和（微）纵向设计，并使用 PRD 和控制位点的既定性状和状态测量。结果PRD 较高的参与者在控制社会人口统计学（例如，社会经济地位;研究 1-4）。这种关系是由个人控制感降低介导的（研究 1），并且在亚洲的跨国参与者样本中很明显（研究 2）。PRD 与自我和其他相关结果的外部解释比内部解释更紧密相关（研究 5-8），并且 PRD 的个体内部变化与外部解释（月度和每天;研究 7-8）。结论PRD 与独立于社会经济地位、人与人之间以及跨文化的外部控制点呈正相关。这项研究强调了 PRD 对人们解释支配他们生活的因果力量的影响。