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Seddig, Daniel and Davidov, Eldad (2018). Values, Attitudes Toward Interpersonal Violence, and Interpersonal Violent Behavior. Front. Psychol., 9. LAUSANNE: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA. ISSN 1664-1078

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Abstract

The relevance of human values for the study of the motivational sources of interpersonal violent behavior was investigated in various fields of the social sciences. However, several past studies mixed up values with other dimensions like attitudes, norms, or beliefs, and only a few systematically assessed the effect of values on violent behavior relying on a value theory. Furthermore, in other studies, violence was often analyzed as a composite index of different forms of delinquent behavior rather than as violence per se. In the current study we address these gaps in the literature by building upon Schwartz' theory of basic human values. We use it to explain attitudes toward interpersonal violence and interpersonal violent behavior. We analyze data of young people (n = 1,810) drawn from a German study in Duisburg, Germany, which assessed various types of self-reported violent behavior as well as values and attitudes toward violence. We test structural equation models in which we explain interpersonal violent behavior with basic human values, and where attitudes toward interpersonal violent behavior mediate this relation. Results show that self-transcendence and conservation values are associated negatively and power and stimulation values positively with interpersonal violent behavior. In addition, attitudes operate as a partial mediator for the former and as a full mediator for the latter in the relation between values and violent behavior. Despite a dominant association between attitudes and behavior, values themselves can significantly contribute to the explanation of violent behavior.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Seddig, Daniel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Davidov, Eldad UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-186557
DOI:	10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00604
Journal or Publication Title:	Front. Psychol.
Volume:	9
Date:	2018
Publisher:	FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
Place of Publication:	LAUSANNE
ISSN:	1664-1078
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language EUROPEAN SOCIAL SURVEY; BASIC PERSONAL VALUES; 20 COUNTRIES; LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS; EMERGING ADULTHOOD; INDIVIDUAL-VALUES; FIT INDEXES; AGGRESSION; DELINQUENCY; ADOLESCENCE Multiple languages Psychology, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/18655