Vicarious Revenge and the Death of Osama bin Laden

被引：27

作者：

Gollwitzer, Mario ^{[1
]}

Skitka, Linda J. ^{[2
]}

Wisneski, Daniel ^{[2
]}

Sjoestroem, Arne ^{[1
]}

Liberman, Peter ^{[3
,4
]}

Nazir, Syed Javed ^{[5
]}

Bushman, Brad J. ^{[6
,7
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Marburg, D-35032 Marburg, Germany

[2] Univ Illinois, Chicago, IL USA

[3] CUNY Queens Coll, New York, NY USA

[4] CUNY, Grad Ctr, New York, NY USA

[5] Lahore Univ Management Sci, Lahore, Pakistan

[6] Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH 43210 USA

[7] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

来源：

PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN | 2014年 / 40卷 / 05期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

vicarious retribution; justice; psychological closure; war on terror; revenge; NEEDS-BASED MODEL; PROMOTING RECONCILIATION; EMOTIONAL NEEDS; FORGIVENESS; TRANSGRESSIONS; CONSEQUENCES; PERPETRATOR; RETRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; PUNISHMENT;

D O I：

10.1177/0146167214521466

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Three hypotheses were derived from research on vicarious revenge and tested in the context of the assassination of Osama bin Laden in 2011. In line with the notion that revenge aims at delivering a message (the "message hypothesis"), Study 1 shows that Americans' vengeful desires in the aftermath of 9/11 predicted a sense of justice achieved after bin Laden's death, and that this effect was mediated by perceptions that his assassination sent a message to the perpetrators to not "mess" with the United States. In line with the "blood lust hypothesis," his assassination also sparked a desire to take further revenge and to continue the "war on terror." Finally, in line with the "intent hypothesis," Study 2 shows that Americans (but not Pakistanis or Germans) considered the fact that bin Laden was killed intentionally more satisfactory than the possibility of bin Laden being killed accidentally (e.g., in an airplane crash).

引用

页码：604 / 616

页数：13

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