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Disaster Emotion: When Media Messages Emphasize Self-Interested Responses [PDF]
Media coverage of disasters frequently frames self-interested behavior in contrast to collective responsibility and coordinated response. This study aims to explore how such behavior is emotionally constructed in disaster-related media, using a carefully
Soyoung Kim +2 more
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Healthy Selfishness and Pathological Altruism: Measuring Two Paradoxical Forms of Selfishness
Selfishness is often regarded as an undesirable or even immoral characteristic, whereas altruism is typically considered universally desirable and virtuous.
Emanuel Jauk
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The divergence of Conflicts Management Modes in the Conjugal Couple [PDF]
The conflicts management mode in the conjugal couple is a process that differs from one couple to another. Within the same couple, this process is likely to undergo changes in direction. In this study, we examine the how and why of the emergence of these
Ayatallah Fatima +1 more
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C. McGinn. Selfish Genes and Moral Parasites / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev [PDF]
The essay raises questions about the origins of altruistic behaviour. A proper understanding of such behaviours must take into account the evidence of our best biological theories, which indicate that in the animal world (including Homo Sapiens ...
A. V. Nekhaev
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Developing Content Conceptual Model Abnormal Self-Centralization on the Islamic Sources [PDF]
The aim of this study was to develop a structural conceptual model of abnormal self-centeredness in Islamic sources and to examine its validity. First, with a qualitative approach, in the section of collecting texts and reaching selected texts, the ...
Mojtaba Hafezi +2 more
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The selfish mitochondrion [PDF]
Mitochondria match ATP supply to fluctuations in cellular energy requirements. Cellular energy requirements are often signaled to mitochondria by increases in the cytoplasmic concentration of Ca2+ ions. These increases in Ca2+ reach the mitochondrial matrix to regulate the proteins, enzymes and transporters required for mitochondrial ATP synthesis ...
McCarron, John G., Wilson, Calum
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Ideas about altruism and selfishness in students with different levels of empathy [PDF]
An empirical study is devoted to the study of ideas about altruism and selfishness of students with different levels of empathy. The socio-psychological phenomena of altruism and egoism have different causes and manifestations, as well as different ...
Kashirskaya Irina
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Selfishness is central to many theories of human morality, yet its psychological nature remains largely overlooked. Psychologists often rely on classical conceptions of selfishness from economics (i.e., rational self-interest) and philosophy (i.e. psychological egoism), but such characterizations offer limited insight into the richer, motivated nature ...
Ryan W. Carlson +3 more
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Lived experience of women seeking separation from divorce proceedings [PDF]
The relationship between the rationalization of social relations and individual freedoms is one of the main themes of sociology. The purpose of this study is to identify the inclination and desire of couples in a legal process to be separated that have ...
M. Shahryari, A. Navah
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Selfishness Need Not Be Bad [PDF]
The price of anarchy (PoA) is a standard measure for the inefficiency of selfish routing in the static Wardrop traffic model. Empirical studies and a recent analysis reveal a surprising property that the PoA tends to one when the total demand T gets large.
Zijun Wu 0001 +3 more
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