Tethered humanity: Humanizing self and others in response to interpersonal harm
| Autor: | Brock Bastian, Jeroen Vaes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
tethered humanity hypothesis
Forgiveness Social Psychology Aggression media_common.quotation_subject Perspective (graphical) Interpersonal communication Immoral behavior interpersonal conflict Self-dehumanization tethered humanity hypothesis Dehumanization Immoral behavior Harm Humanity medicine Self-dehumanization interpersonal conflict medicine.symptom Psychology Social psychology media_common Moral disengagement |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Social Psychology. 51:377-392 |
| ISSN: | 1099-0992 0046-2772 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ejsp.2744 |
| Popis: | We propose an integrative framework in which the self-image of perpetrators and victims in interpersonal conflictual relationships becomes tethered to each other. To the extent that both parties stop seeing themselves as fully human when interpersonal harm is inflicted, we theorize that this state motivates attempts at restoration. Specifically, we propose the tethered humanity hypothesis which ascertains that perpetrators or victims can reclaim their full human status by re-establishing the humanness of the opposing party. This hypothesis was analyzed from both the perspective of the perpetrator (Studies 1–3) and the victim (Study 4). In all studies, results indicated that perpetrators or victims self-dehumanize in response to interpersonal harm and managed to regain a full human status when re-humanizing the opposing party. Interestingly, this process was interrupted when the opposing party did not accept attempts at reconciliation. Our findings offer a new interpersonal perspective on the implications of immoral behavior. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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