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effort justification: a standalone construct

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Social psychology

increased liking for a group or goal that one suffered or worked hard to obtain, as a way to reduce dissonance.

In social psychology, effort justification refers to increased liking for a group or goal that one suffered or worked hard to obtain, as a way to reduce dissonance. This meaning comes from Aronson (1959) in The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology.[1]

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dissonance3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs effort2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs group4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Aronson, E., & Mills, J. (1959). The effect of severity of initiation on liking for a group. The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 59(2), 177-181. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0047195

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