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What do people mean when speaking of evilness?
Quiles, M Nieves; Morera, M Dolores; Correa, Ana Delia; Leyens, Jacques Philippe.
Affiliation
  • Quiles, M Nieves; Universidad de La Laguna. Spain
  • Morera, M Dolores; Universidad de La Laguna. Spain
  • Correa, Ana Delia; Universidad de La Laguna. Spain
  • Leyens, Jacques Philippe; Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve. Belgium
Span. j. psychol ; 13(2): 788-797, nov. 2010.
Article in En | IBECS | ID: ibc-82254
Responsible library: ES1.1
Localization: BNCS
ABSTRACT
The term evilness started to become popular in social psychology after the publication in 1999 of the special issue edited by Arthur G. Miller, «Perspectives on evil and violence». It is usually used to define behaviors that are extremely and strongly harmful. However, the concept is still imprecise and needs to be empirically delineated. This article attempts to answer the following questions. What is evilness? What is the difference between aggression and evilness? We conducted several studies with three goals: to analyze how laypersons and experts define evilness, to verify whether laypeople distinguish between different intensities of evilness, and to determine the dimensions that predict aggression and evilness. The results offer preliminary answers to the three questions (AU)
RESUMEN
El término maldad comienza a difundirse en psicología social tras la publicación en 1999 del monográfico editado por Arthur G. Miller, «Perspectives on evil and violence». Usualmente se emplea para definir acciones extremas e intensamente dañinas, pero el concepto es impreciso y necesita ser delimitado empíricamente. Este artículo trata de responder a las preguntas ¿Qué es la maldad? ¿Qué diferencias existen entre la maldad y el concepto tradicional de agresión? Para ello, llevamos a cabo varios estudios con tres objetivos: analizar cómo legos y expertos definen la maldad, verificar si las personas legas diferencian niveles de intensidad de la maldad y determinar las dimensiones predictivas de la maldad y la agresión. Los resultados ofrecen respuestas preliminares a las tres cuestiones (AU)
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Collection: 06-national / ES Database: IBECS Main subject: Psychology, Social / Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Aggression Type of study: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Span. j. psychol Year: 2010 Document type: Article
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Collection: 06-national / ES Database: IBECS Main subject: Psychology, Social / Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Aggression Type of study: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Span. j. psychol Year: 2010 Document type: Article