ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
The Effects of Distressing Situations and Suffering on Dehumanizing the Self and Others
- Maria Sakalaki
Panteion University of social and political sciences - Clive Richardson
Panteion University of social and political sciences - Kiriaki Fousiani
Free university of Amsterdam
Abstract
Five studies (4 experimental) explored whether distressing situations that inflict suffering can induce denial of humanness to the self and others. Confirming our hypotheses, the results showed that dehumanization is associated to negative situations and suffering.
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