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Psychological predictors of bystander reactions to the abuse of animals and humans

2025-09-27

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<p>While bystander reactions to violence against humans have been well studied, less is known about how people react to animal abuse. We studied whether the same psychological predictors are relevant to reactions to the abuse of animals and humans. We examined the role of Dark Tetrad traits (Narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and sadism), ideologies of superiority (social dominance orientation and speciesi...

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Literature Corpus work: 27628d27-6e8b-5841-8651-d13734529c80
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/d8rzm_v1

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