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Abstract：
Our proposition postulates that the correlation between the wrongdoer\'s status and the punishment suggestions of onlookers is primarily influenced by group-oriented envy rather than the ascription of intentionality and is moderated by the belief in a just world. In three separate studies, 389 university students were asked to read scenarios describing a hit-and-run crime committed by either a rich or a poor individual and then report their opinions on intentionality attribution (Study 1 and Study 2), envy emotions (Study 2), punishment recommendations (all three studies), and belief in a just world (Study 3). Consistently, the findings indicated that those observing recommended harsher penalties to be imposed upon high-status perpetrators engaging in the same wrongdoing (such as hit-and-run) as their low-status equivalents. The effect of the rich receiving more severe punishment was predicted more strongly by envious emotions than by intentionality attributions to high-status wrongdoers and was only present for those observers who endorsed a lower belief in a just world.
摘要：
我们的命题假设，不法行为者的地位与围观者的惩罚建议之间的相关性主要受到面向群体的嫉妒而不是意图归因的影响，并且受到对公正世界的信念的调节。在三个独立的研究中，389名大学生被要求阅读描述富人或穷人实施的肇事逃逸犯罪的情景，然后报告他们对故意归因的意见（研究1和研究2）。嫉妒情绪（研究2），惩罚建议(所有三项研究)，和信仰在一个公正的世界（研究3）。始终如一，调查结果表明，观察人员建议对与低地位者相同的不法行为（例如肇事逃逸）的高地位肇事者施加更严厉的惩罚。富人受到更严厉惩罚的影响是由嫉妒的情绪而不是由对高地位不法行为者的意图归因更强烈地预测的，并且只存在于那些对公正世界的信仰较低的观察者身上。
