@article{SchruijerBlanzMummendeyetal., author = {Schruijer, Sandra and Blanz, Mathias and Mummendey, Am{\´e}lie and Tedeschi, Jim and Banfai, Beata and Dittmar, Helga and Kleibaumh{\"u}ter, Petra and Mahjoub, Abdelwahab and Mandrosz-Wroblewska, Joanna and Molinari, Luisa and Petillon, Xavier}, title = {The group-serving bias in evaluating and explaining harmful behavior}, series = {The Journal of Social Psychology}, volume = {134}, journal = {The Journal of Social Psychology}, number = {1}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1994.9710882}, pages = {47 -- 53}, abstract = {Group-serving biases in evaluating and explaining harmful behavior were investigated. Members of the Italian Communist party judged and explained an in-group or an out-group actor's harmful behavior toward an in-group or an out-group victim. The results support the notion of an in-group bias: Out-group actors were perceived as more aggressive and intentional in their actions than in-group actors. An in-group bias was also observed with regard to predictions about whether the victim would attempt retaliation. Group-based explanations were used more often when the group identities of actor and victim were different than when they were the same.}, language = {en} }