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Making Sense of Claims of Unfairness: Third-Party Overall Fairness Perceptions Negatively Affect Claim Veracity and Deontic Reactions

Published Online: 2026-01-29

Authors

Nishioka, Midori

Bobocel, D. Ramona https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8721-8114
Beck, James W.
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (435-2017-0616)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (435-2018-0488)
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Article History

Received: 8 February 2025

Revised: 26 November 2025

Accepted: 11 December 2025

First Online: 29 January 2026

Declarations

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: Procedures for the studies reported in this manuscript were reviewed and given ethics clearance by the Psychology Delegated Ethics Review Committee on behalf of the Human Research Ethics Board at the University of Waterloo (Archival Study B: #42406, Archival Study A: #41270, Study 1: #43759, Study 2: #43459).

: The authors obtained informed consent from all participants included in the studies; informed consent was obtained for study participation, publication of results, and sharing of anonymized data to online repositories.

: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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