我美丽的儿子:以父爱的名义战胜毒瘾沉溺(英文)

从小学起,尼科的生活似乎总是一帆风顺。他不仅聪明伶俐,热衷运动,而且事事都表现出色。这样的人注定会拥有成功的人生。然而,当生气勃勃的童年时代结束,转而进入焦躁不安的青少年时代,这个性格早熟的男孩却选择了一条完全不同的生活道路:他很快沉溺于毒品和酗酒的快感之中。本书透过父亲戴维的视角,记录了爱子尼科陷入毒瘾之后,所带来的种种充满背叛、痛苦和恐惧的难题。面对此事,许多人选择了隐忍和沉默,但戴维·西佛却选择揭开伤口,告诫人们毒瘾是一种必须要治愈的顽疾。更为重要的是,他的经历将给那些身处同样困境的人们一种信念,那就是希望。     

Testing the Identifiable Victim Effect With Both Animal and Human Victims in Anti-Littering Messages

ABSTRACT

The identifiable victim effect is when people are more willing to help identified individuals than those who are unidentified, or statistical, victims. It has primarily been tested in experiments with humans as the victims. A lack of research exists testing whether animal victims could elicit the same level of help, or reactions, as human victims. This study tests the identifiable victim effect with both human and animal stimulus messages focused on the consequences of littering. A total of 198 undergraduate students were randomly assigned to view one of three messages (i.e., an identifiable human victim message, identifiable animal victim message, or a nonvictim control message). While the animal message elicited greater distress and empathy than the human message, the three messages did not differ on behavioral intention outcomes. This study fills a gap in the identifiable victim literature, and it provides insight about responses to risk messages aimed at increasing a prosocial behavior.