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Values, Attitudes Toward Interpersonal Violence, and Interpersonal Violent Behavior
The relevance of human values for the study of the motivational sources of interpersonal violent behavior was investigated in various fields of the social sciences. However, several past studies mixed up values with other dimensions like attitudes, norms, or beliefs, and only a few systematically as...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5954803/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29867623 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00604 |
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description | The relevance of human values for the study of the motivational sources of interpersonal violent behavior was investigated in various fields of the social sciences. However, several past studies mixed up values with other dimensions like attitudes, norms, or beliefs, and only a few systematically assessed the effect of values on violent behavior relying on a value theory. Furthermore, in other studies, violence was often analyzed as a composite index of different forms of delinquent behavior rather than as violence per se. In the current study we address these gaps in the literature by building upon Schwartz’ theory of basic human values. We use it to explain attitudes toward interpersonal violence and interpersonal violent behavior. We analyze data of young people (n = 1,810) drawn from a German study in Duisburg, Germany, which assessed various types of self-reported violent behavior as well as values and attitudes toward violence. We test structural equation models in which we explain interpersonal violent behavior with basic human values, and where attitudes toward interpersonal violent behavior mediate this relation. Results show that self-transcendence and conservation values are associated negatively and power and stimulation values positively with interpersonal violent behavior. In addition, attitudes operate as a partial mediator for the former and as a full mediator for the latter in the relation between values and violent behavior. Despite a dominant association between attitudes and behavior, values themselves can significantly contribute to the explanation of violent behavior. |
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spelling | pubmed-59548032018-06-04 Values, Attitudes Toward Interpersonal Violence, and Interpersonal Violent Behavior Seddig, Daniel Davidov, Eldad Front Psychol Psychology The relevance of human values for the study of the motivational sources of interpersonal violent behavior was investigated in various fields of the social sciences. However, several past studies mixed up values with other dimensions like attitudes, norms, or beliefs, and only a few systematically assessed the effect of values on violent behavior relying on a value theory. Furthermore, in other studies, violence was often analyzed as a composite index of different forms of delinquent behavior rather than as violence per se. In the current study we address these gaps in the literature by building upon Schwartz’ theory of basic human values. We use it to explain attitudes toward interpersonal violence and interpersonal violent behavior. We analyze data of young people (n = 1,810) drawn from a German study in Duisburg, Germany, which assessed various types of self-reported violent behavior as well as values and attitudes toward violence. We test structural equation models in which we explain interpersonal violent behavior with basic human values, and where attitudes toward interpersonal violent behavior mediate this relation. Results show that self-transcendence and conservation values are associated negatively and power and stimulation values positively with interpersonal violent behavior. In addition, attitudes operate as a partial mediator for the former and as a full mediator for the latter in the relation between values and violent behavior. Despite a dominant association between attitudes and behavior, values themselves can significantly contribute to the explanation of violent behavior. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5954803/ /pubmed/29867623 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00604 Text en Copyright © 2018 Seddig and Davidov. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Seddig, Daniel Davidov, Eldad Values, Attitudes Toward Interpersonal Violence, and Interpersonal Violent Behavior |
title | Values, Attitudes Toward Interpersonal Violence, and Interpersonal Violent Behavior |
title_full | Values, Attitudes Toward Interpersonal Violence, and Interpersonal Violent Behavior |
title_fullStr | Values, Attitudes Toward Interpersonal Violence, and Interpersonal Violent Behavior |
title_full_unstemmed | Values, Attitudes Toward Interpersonal Violence, and Interpersonal Violent Behavior |
title_short | Values, Attitudes Toward Interpersonal Violence, and Interpersonal Violent Behavior |
title_sort | values, attitudes toward interpersonal violence, and interpersonal violent behavior |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5954803/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29867623 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00604 |
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