Reynolds Joshua J, McCrea Sean M
Department of Psychology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2016 Dec 12;24(4):605-627. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2016.1259540. eCollection 2017.
Although homicide remains an important topic of research, the majority of the research has focused on homicidal behavior and not homicide thoughts. Yet research into homicidal thoughts provides valuable insights into issues such as premeditation. In three experiments, we instructed participants to imagine different scenarios describing a situation where homicide and violence actually take place, but that do not contain violence or homicidal actions. We used both explicit and implicit methods to measure homicide and violent ideation. The evidence from these experiments indicates that when people imagine homicide scenarios, they think about violence at a substantial rate, but rarely consider homicide. Limitations and future directions are discussed.
尽管杀人行为仍然是一个重要的研究课题，但大多数研究都集中在杀人行为上，而不是杀人念头。然而，对杀人念头的研究为诸如预谋等问题提供了有价值的见解。在三个实验中，我们指示参与者想象不同的场景，这些场景描述了杀人与暴力实际发生的情况，但不包含暴力或杀人行为。我们使用明确和隐含的方法来测量杀人及暴力意念。这些实验的证据表明，当人们想象杀人场景时，他们会以相当高的频率想到暴力，但很少考虑杀人。本文还讨论了研究的局限性和未来方向。
