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Common = ineffective? A replication attempt of the normative dilution effect in the context of political apologies

Vlada Trofimchuk, Rebecca Littman

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2026. DOI 10.1016/j.jesp.2026.104938

Has this study been replicated?

This paper is itself a replication attempt. The study it set out to replicate is listed below.

Study replicated

• Apologies demanded yet devalued: Normative dilution in the age of apology, Okimoto et al. (2015). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. View paper

Cite this record

Trofimchuk, V., & Littman, R. (2026). Common = ineffective? A replication attempt of the normative dilution effect in the context of political apologies. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 125, 104938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2026.104938

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