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The Needs of Victims: An Empirical Categorization Based on Interpersonal Conflicts

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Kirchhoff, Johanna
Strack, Micha
Wagner, Ulrich

Abstract / Description

As a consequence of interpersonal conflicts, needs of the victimized are violated. These needs have to be addressed in order to achieve reconciliation. Due to the heterogeneity of need categories in scholarly research, we scrutinized which need categories can be empirically identified. 478 participants reported on an experienced interpersonal conflict. They responded to 109 items evaluating the perceived need violation for the conflict they reported on. By means of exploratory factor analysis with a random sub-sample (n1 = 239), six need categories were extracted. These are the need for respect, the need for meaning, the need for acceptance, the need for pleasure, the need for self-efficacy, and the need for safety. Confirmatory factor analyses showed that these needs replicated in the second random sub-sample (n2 = 239) as well as across sub-samples with people who had experienced an interpersonal conflict of lower severity of transgression (nA = 257) or higher severity of transgression (nB = 221). In addition, each of the need categories mediated the relationship between the severity of transgression and the desire for revenge. Yet, the results for the two need categories “pleasure” and “safety” have to be interpreted with caution due to a lack of scalar invariance. Among the other four need categories, respect was identified as the only independent mediator variable. Implications for the transformation of interpersonal conflict and further scholarly inquiries are discussed.

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needs need violation need categories interpersonal conflict victimization

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Date of first publication

2013-09-04

Journal title

Journal of Social and Political Psychology

Volume

1

Issue

1

Page numbers

29–50

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PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

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peerReviewed

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Kirchhoff, J., Strack, M., & Wagner, U. (2013). The Needs of Victims: An Empirical Categorization Based on Interpersonal Conflicts. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 1(1), 29–50. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v1i1.44
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Kirchhoff, Johanna
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Strack, Micha
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Wagner, Ulrich
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-26T12:45:23Z
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    2018-11-26T12:45:23Z
  • Date of first publication
    2013-09-04
  • Abstract / Description
    As a consequence of interpersonal conflicts, needs of the victimized are violated. These needs have to be addressed in order to achieve reconciliation. Due to the heterogeneity of need categories in scholarly research, we scrutinized which need categories can be empirically identified. 478 participants reported on an experienced interpersonal conflict. They responded to 109 items evaluating the perceived need violation for the conflict they reported on. By means of exploratory factor analysis with a random sub-sample (n1 = 239), six need categories were extracted. These are the need for respect, the need for meaning, the need for acceptance, the need for pleasure, the need for self-efficacy, and the need for safety. Confirmatory factor analyses showed that these needs replicated in the second random sub-sample (n2 = 239) as well as across sub-samples with people who had experienced an interpersonal conflict of lower severity of transgression (nA = 257) or higher severity of transgression (nB = 221). In addition, each of the need categories mediated the relationship between the severity of transgression and the desire for revenge. Yet, the results for the two need categories “pleasure” and “safety” have to be interpreted with caution due to a lack of scalar invariance. Among the other four need categories, respect was identified as the only independent mediator variable. Implications for the transformation of interpersonal conflict and further scholarly inquiries are discussed.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Kirchhoff, J., Strack, M., & Wagner, U. (2013). The Needs of Victims: An Empirical Categorization Based on Interpersonal Conflicts. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 1(1), 29–50. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v1i1.44
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  • ISSN
    2195-3325
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1317
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1785
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v1i1.44
  • Keyword(s)
    needs
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  • Keyword(s)
    need violation
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  • Keyword(s)
    need categories
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  • Keyword(s)
    interpersonal conflict
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  • Keyword(s)
    victimization
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    The Needs of Victims: An Empirical Categorization Based on Interpersonal Conflicts
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    1
  • Journal title
    Journal of Social and Political Psychology
  • Page numbers
    29–50
  • Volume
    1
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