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Sadism is a Lower-Order Facet of Schadenfreude
, 2022 Sadism represents a predisposition towards enjoying the suffering that we cause others. However, this conceptualization of Sadism closely abuts that of schadenfreude—the tendency to find pleasure in others’ suffering.
David Chester, Drew M. Parton
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What's God Got to Do With It? The Relationship Between Religion, Sadism, and Masochism. [PDF]
Sex OffendingAlthough “BDSM” (i.e., bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadism, and masochism) has become increasingly present in popular media in recent years, much remains unknown about the etiology and correlates of BDSM.
Davis B, Evanoff C, Babchishin KM.
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Journal of Personality, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objectives Counter‐empathy involves responding to others' assumed emotions incongruently. Research on dispositional counter‐empathy predominantly focuses on specific counter‐empathic constructs without clearly mapping its cardinal dimensions.
Jake R. Siamro, Christian H. Jordan
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Sadism and Aggressive Behavior: Inflicting Pain to Feel Pleasure
, 2018 Sadism is a ‘dark’ trait that involves the experience of pleasure from others’ pain, yet much is unknown about its link to aggression. Across eight studies (total N=2,255), sadism predicted greater aggression against both innocent targets and ...
David Chester +2 more
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Dominance and Prestige Motivations to Lead in Adolescence
Journal of Personality, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Dual strategy frameworks of motivation to lead differentiate Dominance motivations, which leverage fear and control to gain power and status, from Prestige motivations, which rely on respect and trust. Substantial research on these motivational pathways has been conducted in adults, but no empirical research studies them earlier ...
Jennifer L. Tackett +3 more
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Meanings of Sadism and Masochism
, 1982 The evolution of sadism and masochism from their origins in the 19th century until the present are described. Included are the pain-pleasure conception, dominance-submission, and sadistic and masochistic personality types.
Mary Jane Herron, William G. Herron
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Sadism: a history of non-consensual sexual cruelty [PDF]
, 2020 Sadism is a concept that is applied to rape-torture and rape-murder as well as the pleasures of consensual sadomasochism. From the 1890s, forensic psychiatrist Richard Von Krafft-Ebing was responsible for popularizing the term.
Bourke, Joanna
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Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background The world and mental health nursing face several crises that, in different ways, reflect problems of dominance. Global politics are afflicted with a growth of support for right‐wing ideologies associated with domineering authoritarian leaders.
Michael Haslam, Mick McKeown
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Legal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Aims This study examined behavioural heterogeneity across three victim–offender relationship categories in a non‐Western context to determine whether specific patterns can accurately predict intimate/family, acquaintance/friend and stranger homicides.
Ruihan Chen
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TRAIT SADISM IN BDSM PRACTITIONERS AND NON-PRACTITIONERS
, 2023 Sadism is an elusive construct within psychology. Multiple types are studied without clear psychometric or theoretical distinctions, and operationalizations of these respective sub-constructs lack validity.
Russell, Marley
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