Effects of deindividuation variables on stealing among Halloween trick-or-treaters

@article{citeulike:1371280, abstract = {Conducted a naturalistic study on Halloween to assess the effects of 3 deindividuation variables (anonymity vs nonanonymity, alone vs group, and groups with or without a child who was made responsible for the group's actions) on stealing by children. Concealed raters unobtrusively observed approximately 1,300 trick-or-treating children who were assigned to various conditions and given an opportunity to steal candy and money. Significantly more stealing was observed under conditions of anonymity and in the presence of a group. There was also an Anonymity-Group interaction. Altered responsibility affected the transgression rate only when both the leader and members were anonymous. The highest rates of stealing occurred among anonymous children in groups with altered responsibility. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)}, author = {Diener, Edward and Fraser, Scott C. and Beaman, Arthur L. and Kelem, Roger T. }, citeulike-article-id = {1371280}, journal = {Journal of Personality and Social Psychology}, keywords = {biases, deindividuation, psychology}, month = {February}, number = {2}, pages = {178--183}, posted-at = {2007-06-07 21:11:34}, priority = {2}, title = {Effects of deindividuation variables on stealing among Halloween trick-or-treaters}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6X01-4NVH9TM-7/2/48b333ad600c39d0ee61fd0b716fa1b6}, volume = {33}, year = {1976} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1371280 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1371280 TI - Effects of deindividuation variables on stealing among Halloween trick-or-treaters JF - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology VL - 33 IS - 2 SP - 178 EP - 183 N2 - Conducted a naturalistic study on Halloween to assess the effects of 3 deindividuation variables (anonymity vs nonanonymity, alone vs group, and groups with or without a child who was made responsible for the group's actions) on stealing by children. Concealed raters unobtrusively observed approximately 1,300 trick-or-treating children who were assigned to various conditions and given an opportunity to steal candy and money. Significantly more stealing was observed under conditions of anonymity and in the presence of a group. There was also an Anonymity-Group interaction. Altered responsibility affected the transgression rate only when both the leader and members were anonymous. The highest rates of stealing occurred among anonymous children in groups with altered responsibility. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved) KW - biases KW - deindividuation KW - psychology AU - Diener, Edward AU - Fraser, Scott AU - Beaman, Arthur AU - Kelem, Roger PY - 1976/02// UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6X01-4NVH9TM-7/2/48b333ad600c39d0ee61fd0b716fa1b6 ER -