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Social Psychology and the Emergence of Disputes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2024

Dan Coates  and
Steven Penrod
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Abstract

There is growing interest in the role that individual judgments play in moving people to seek recompense for perceived injuries. Social psychological theory and research may provide valuable clues about the types of judgments that are important in the development of disputes, and the facts that influence these judgments. In this paper, we describe relative deprivation, perceived control, equity, and attribution theories. We also discuss the relevance of these theories to dispute development, differential rates of problem perception, and the making of claims for redress. We conclude with suggestions for future research on the emergence of disputes.

Type
Part Two-The Civil Litigation Research Project: A Dispute-Focused Approach
Information
Law & Society Review , Volume 15 , Issue 3-4: Special Issue on Dispute Processing and Civil Litigation , 1981 , pp. 655 - 680
Copyright
Copyright © 1981 The Law and Society Association.

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Footnotes

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This research was supported in part by grants from the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin and grant number 80-IJ-CX-0034 from the National Institute of Justice. The authors would like to thank David Trubek, Richard Miller, and Stewart Macaulay for their thoughtful comments on an earlier draft of this article.

For references cited in this article, see p. 883.