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Ambition and extreme behavior: relative deprivation leads ambitious individuals to self-sacrifice

Ambitious people are characterized by strong motivation toward great and valuable objectives, with the superordinate goal to gain respect and recognition from others. Recent literature regarding ambition demonstrated that it leads individuals to engage in extreme behavior. However, no previous resea...

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Autores principales: Resta, Elena, Ellenberg, Molly, Kruglanski, Arie W., Pierro, Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10370493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37502752
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1108006
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description Ambitious people are characterized by strong motivation toward great and valuable objectives, with the superordinate goal to gain respect and recognition from others. Recent literature regarding ambition demonstrated that it leads individuals to engage in extreme behavior. However, no previous research has investigated under which conditions the relation between ambition and extremism is enhanced. Across two studies, we tested the hypothesis that ambitious individuals are more prone to engage in extreme behavior in the face of relative deprivation (i.e., justice sensitivity), than their less ambitious counterparts. We confirmed our predictions employing a cross-sectional design with an American sample (Study 1) and an experimental design with an Italian sample (Study 2). The present research adds theoretical knowledge and empirical support to the existing literature on ambition, extreme behavior, and relative deprivation, and provides fruitful insight into strategies for preventing extremism.
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spelling pubmed-103704932023-07-27 Ambition and extreme behavior: relative deprivation leads ambitious individuals to self-sacrifice Resta, Elena Ellenberg, Molly Kruglanski, Arie W. Pierro, Antonio Front Psychol Psychology Ambitious people are characterized by strong motivation toward great and valuable objectives, with the superordinate goal to gain respect and recognition from others. Recent literature regarding ambition demonstrated that it leads individuals to engage in extreme behavior. However, no previous research has investigated under which conditions the relation between ambition and extremism is enhanced. Across two studies, we tested the hypothesis that ambitious individuals are more prone to engage in extreme behavior in the face of relative deprivation (i.e., justice sensitivity), than their less ambitious counterparts. We confirmed our predictions employing a cross-sectional design with an American sample (Study 1) and an experimental design with an Italian sample (Study 2). The present research adds theoretical knowledge and empirical support to the existing literature on ambition, extreme behavior, and relative deprivation, and provides fruitful insight into strategies for preventing extremism. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10370493/ /pubmed/37502752 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1108006 Text en Copyright © 2023 Resta, Ellenberg, Kruglanski and Pierro. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10370493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37502752
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1108006
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