自私的传递效应指遭遇他人自私对待的个体也自私地对待无辜他人的现象。在这个过程中,示范性规范、心理权利起着中介作用,个体的公正敏感性、道德认同,以及情境中的道德凸显和匿名性起着调节作用。已有研究多关注个体如何惩罚与报复直接伤害自己的自私者,较少关注自私行为的受害者如何对待无辜的第三方。未来研究可关注他人自私如何通过影响个体的认知,如普遍信任和道德判断,进而影响其对待无辜者的态度与行为,并且澄清情绪及共情在其中的作用。
Once people became victims of others' innocent person selfishly. That is considered as selfishness, they would be more likely to treat another paying the selfishness forward, namely the effect of selfishness transmission. Descriptive norm and psychological entitlement can account for the mechanism of selfishness transmission. Meanwhile, some personal and situational factors, such as justice sensitivity, moral identity, moral salience, as well as anonymity, may moderate this process. Previous studies have focused on how the victims would punish and retaliate against the selfish person who hurt them, but little is known about how victims would treat the third innocent person. Future researches should discuss the effect of cognitive factors (e.g. general trust, moral judgment), as well as the influence of emotions and empathy in selfishness transmission.