A Survey of Psychologists' Perspectives on Catharsis

A Survey of Psychologists' Perspectives on Catharsis

A questionnaire assessing endorsement of the hostility catharsis hypothesis was developed and administered to 102 undergraduate students and 131 American and Canadian psychologists (randomly selected from 4 divisions of APA). Results indicated that students scored higher on endorsement of the cathar...

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Veröffentlicht in:The journal of psychology 1987-05, Vol.121 (3), p.243-248
1. Verfasser: Biaggio, Mary Kay
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Abreaction
Adult
Anger
Catharsis
Female
Hostility
Humans
Male
Psychological Theory
Psychology
Sex Factors
Students
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Zusammenfassung:A questionnaire assessing endorsement of the hostility catharsis hypothesis was developed and administered to 102 undergraduate students and 131 American and Canadian psychologists (randomly selected from 4 divisions of APA). Results indicated that students scored higher on endorsement of the catharsis hypothesis than did psychologists; females in general scored higher than males; psychologists not recently involved in research scored higher than psychologists who were so involved; and Freudian and Humanistic theorists scored higher than Behavioral theorists.
ISSN:0022-3980
1940-1019
DOI:10.1080/00223980.1987.9712664