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René Girard's Revision and Misapprehension of Psychoanalysis

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Volume 22, Issue 2, June 2025.
ABSTRACT René Girard's theories of mimetic desire, religious sacrifice, and violence have been immensely provocative and influential. His ways of framing literary desire and conflict are fascinating, as they illustrate how desire and rivalry unleashed lead to violence and derangement.
Jerry S. Piven
wiley   +1 more source

Living Nondirected Kidney Donation: A Psychoanalytic Case‐Based Investigation of Altruism and Its Implications for Psychosocial Evaluation Guidelines

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Volume 22, Issue 2, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Why donate a kidney to a stranger? The history of living nondirected kidney donation, so‐called altruistic or Good Samaritan donation, is notable for its associated skepticism if not outright rejection. Since its possibility, transplantation institutes have been concerned over the motives of individuals who present to their clinics with the ...
Robert M. Guerin, Lutz Götzmann
wiley   +1 more source

Quiet Workaholics? The Link Between Workaholism and Employee Silence and Moral Voice as Explained by the Social‐Cognitive Theory of Morality

open access: yesJournal of Organizational Behavior, Volume 46, Issue 5, Page 745-764, June 2025.
ABSTRACT When employees engage in potentially harmful behavior, organizations and societies rely on others to voice these issues. We propose that workaholism, a way that some individuals develop to deal with and thrive in today's intense and demanding work environment, reduces these individuals' intention to engage in moral voice and increases employee
Michael Knoll   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Malevolent Creativity Behavior Scale‐Brazilian Portuguese: Cross‐Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties

open access: yesThe Journal of Creative Behavior, Volume 59, Issue 2, June 2025.
ABSTRACT This study aimed to adapt the Malevolent Creativity Behavior Scale (MCBS) to Brazilian Portuguese and to estimate validity evidence based on the internal structure and relationships with other variables and reliability. The sample consisted of 382 Brazilians aged between 18 and 71 (M = 32.18, SD = 12.89), of which 68.06% were female.
Eliana Santos de Farias   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding Social Comparison Dynamics on Social Media: A Qualitative Examination of Individual and Platform Characteristics

open access: yesPsychology &Marketing, Volume 42, Issue 6, Page 1588-1606, June 2025.
ABSTRACT As social media platforms continue to expand and attract more users, there is growing interest among scholars and policymakers to understand their impact on individuals. Drawing on self‐presentation and social comparison theories, this study explores the complex dynamics of social comparison within the context of social media, aiming to ...
Maud Derbaix   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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