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. 2022 Oct 31;19(21):14210.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph192114210.

Relative Deprivation Leads to the Endorsement of "Anti-Chicken Soup" in China

Xiaomeng Zhang  1 , Tianxin Wang  2 , Zhenzhen Liu  3 , Xiaomin Sun  3 , Shuting Yang  3
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Relative Deprivation Leads to the Endorsement of "Anti-Chicken Soup" in China

Xiaomeng Zhang et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

"Anti-chicken soup" (ACS) persuades people to yield to reality and give up rather than encouraging people to work hard as "chicken soup" does. The current study explored whether people with a higher level of relative deprivation (RD) would be more likely to endorse ACS. We found that people with high-measured (Study 1) and manipulated (Study 2) RD were more likely to endorse ACS. Study 2 also suggested that the effect was mediated by self-handicapping. It seems that relatively deprived individuals may adopt the strategy of self-handicapping so that they could attribute their failure to external causes, which in turn leads to lower motivation to try their best and ultimately the endorsement of ACS.

Keywords: endorsement of anti-chicken soup; income inequality; relative deprivation; self-handicapping.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Indirect effect of relative deprivation on anti-chicken soup endorsement via self-handicapping in Study 2. Note. Relative deprivation (coded as 0 = control, 1 = relative deprivation). Values are standardized coefficients. *** p < 0.001.
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