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Troll story: The dark tetrad and online trolling revisited with a glance at humor.
PLoS ONE, 2023 Internet trolling is considered a negative form of online interaction that can have detrimental effects on people's well-being. This pre-registered, experimental study had three aims: first, to replicate the association between internet users' online ...
Sara Alida Volkmer +3 more
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Sadism among sexual homicide offenders: Validation of the Sexual Sadism Scale. [PDF]
Psychological Assessment, 2019 Sexual sadism is assumed to be a crucial factor in sexual homicide. Prevalence estimates vary greatly due to differences in the definition of sexual sadism. A nationwide sample of 350 male perpetrators who had committed a sexual homicide offense against a female 14 years of age or above in England or Wales was assessed based on archival records. Sexual
Stefanska, Ewa B. +3 more
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Threatened Caring Culture: On the Sad Topicality of the Medea Myth
International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Volume 23, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT The shameless contempt for the weak and helpless, strangers, migrants and traumatized refugees attacks continuously one of our basic motivational systems, namely to protect and care for our children and descendants. The caring system is an instinctive system anchored in evolutionary biology that ensures our survival as a species.
Marianne Leuzinger‐Bohleber
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An exploration of trolling behaviours in Australian adolescents: An online survey.
PLoS ONE, 2023 To understand why people "troll" (i.e., engage in disruptive online behaviour intended to provoke and distress for one's own amusement), researchers have explored a range of individual differences.
Jessica Z Marrington +5 more
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Beyond Climate Security: Reframing the Climate‐War Nexus Through Bataille's General Economy
Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.Abstract The spectre of resource scarcity as a cause of war is dominant in discussions about potential links between climate change and armed conflict. Via engagement with Georges Bataille's theory of a general economy of the biosphere, this article conceptualises the relationship between climate change and war by focusing on resource excess as a ...
Gitte du Plessis
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Studia PsychologicaThe purpose of this study was to develop a Very Short Form (SD4-VSF) of the Short Dark Tetrad Scale (SD4). In Study I, the 28-item SD4 was reduced to the 16-item SD4-VSF following exploratory factor analysis (EFA).
Muhammed Akat
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The Sadomasochism in Awwad’s Life and Writing: The First World War Trauma
Romanian Journal of English Studies, 2018 The paper focuses on the Sadomasochism of the Lebanese novelist, poet and diplomat Tawifq Yusuf Awwad, due to the horrible childhood which has shaped his character.
Wisam Lattee
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Seeing Others as Objects: Perceptual Objectification & Affordances
European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 297-312, March 2026.Abstract In discussions of objectification, the use of visual language is ubiquitous. It is striking that the literature often talks about treating and seeing someone as an object in the same breath. Yet accounts of objectification focus on objectifying treatment and leave the notion of objectifying perception unexplained.
Paulina Sliwa, Tom McClelland
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SAGE OpenThe present research investigates the intricate dynamics of sadism and organizational cynicism in the hotel industry, specifically focusing on the mediating role of psychological contract breach (PCB) and the potential moderating impact of leader-member ...
Hao Wu +2 more
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Politics and GovernanceThis study examines the interplay between authoritarianism, masculinity-related violence, and generalized war support, drawing upon a population survey conducted in the UK in 2023.
Alexander Yendell, David Herbert
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