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THE AIM OF THE PRESENT PAPER IS TO SYNTHETIZE THEORIES AND OUTCOMES OF RESEACRH IN THE FIELD OF PSHYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY ON ETIOLOGY OF VIOLENT CRIME. THE SPECIFIC EXPLANATIONS FOR THESE ORIENTATIONS PRESENT, AT LARGE, A COMMON ELEMENT WITH BIOLOGY, WHICH I FIND IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE, I.E. SOME FLAWS AND DISABILITIES, INNATE OR ACQUIRED (IN POINT OF THE MENTAL, TEMPERAMENT, CHARACTER, PERSONALITY LEVEL) IN THE CASE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH VIOLENT CONDUCT. STARTING FROM THIS CONTEXT, THE ATTENTION WILL BE FOCUSED ON THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL APPROACHES CONCERNING: THE INNATE INSTINCTS OF AGGRESIVENESS (FREUD, 1991; ABRAHAMSEN, 1973), LEARNING THE AGGRESSIVE CONDUCT (BANDURA, 1973), THE CONNECTION BETWEEN FRUSTRATION AND AGGRESIVENESS (DOLLARD, 1939), PSYCHIC DISORDERS AND MENTAL ILLNESSES (HALLEK, 1967; HARE ?I MCPHERSON, 1984; SALEKIN ET AL., 1996; PORTER ?I WOODHORTS, 2007; MELOY, 2007; SHAW ?I PORTER 2012). THE MOTIVATION OF THE SUBJECT MATTER REFERS TO THE FACT THAT LATELY ACTS OF VIOLENT CRIMES HAVE FREQUENTLY OCCURRED AT THE SOCIETAL LEVEL SO THAT THEY CAN SOMETIMES BE CONSIDERED COMMON OR FAMILIAR FACTS. AS A MATER OF FACT IT IS ABOUT NOT OBSERVING ANY INDIVIDUAL'S FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO LIFE, THE INDIVIDUA'S SECURITY AND FREEDOM. CONSEQUENTLY, THIS SOCIAL ISSUE IS WORTH PAYING GREATER ATTENTION FROM RESEARCHERS IN THE DOMAIN AND THE SPECIALIZED ORGANIZATIONS. THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE PAPER REFER TO THE CHARACTERISTICS AND LIMITS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS ON VIOLENT CRIMES AND AT THE SAME TIME EMPHASIZE NEW RESEARCH DIRECTIONS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE AIM OF THE PRESENT PAPER IS TO SYNTHETIZE THEORIES AND OUTCOMES OF RESEACRH IN THE FIELD OF PSHYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY ON ETIOLOGY OF VIOLENT CRIME. THE SPECIFIC EXPLANATIONS FOR THESE ORIENTATIONS PRESENT, AT LARGE, A COMMON ELEMENT WITH BIOLOGY, WHICH I FIND IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE, I.E. SOME FLAWS AND DISABILITIES, INNATE OR ACQUIRED (IN POINT OF THE MENTAL, TEMPERAMENT, CHARACTER, PERSONALITY LEVEL) IN THE CASE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH VIOLENT CONDUCT. STARTING FROM THIS CONTEXT, THE ATTENTION WILL BE FOCUSED ON THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL APPROACHES CONCERNING: THE INNATE INSTINCTS OF AGGRESIVENESS (FREUD, 1991; ABRAHAMSEN, 1973), LEARNING THE AGGRESSIVE CONDUCT (BANDURA, 1973), THE CONNECTION BETWEEN FRUSTRATION AND AGGRESIVENESS (DOLLARD, 1939), PSYCHIC DISORDERS AND MENTAL ILLNESSES (HALLEK, 1967; HARE ?I MCPHERSON, 1984; SALEKIN ET AL., 1996; PORTER ?I WOODHORTS, 2007; MELOY, 2007; SHAW ?I PORTER 2012). THE MOTIVATION OF THE SUBJECT MATTER REFERS TO THE FACT THAT LATELY ACTS OF VIOLENT CRIMES HAVE FREQUENTLY OCCURRED AT THE SOCIETAL LEVEL SO THAT THEY CAN SOMETIMES BE CONSIDERED COMMON OR FAMILIAR FACTS. AS A MATER OF FACT IT IS ABOUT NOT OBSERVING ANY INDIVIDUAL'S FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO LIFE, THE INDIVIDUA'S SECURITY AND FREEDOM. CONSEQUENTLY, THIS SOCIAL ISSUE IS WORTH PAYING GREATER ATTENTION FROM RESEARCHERS IN THE DOMAIN AND THE SPECIALIZED ORGANIZATIONS. THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE PAPER REFER TO THE CHARACTERISTICS AND LIMITS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS ON VIOLENT CRIMES AND AT THE SAME TIME EMPHASIZE NEW RESEARCH DIRECTIONS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper illustrates several significant moments from the history of Eminescu's critical interpretation. It focuses mainly on the first stages when the Romantic writer's myth crystallized, namely E Lovinescu's "reading" of the poet's eroticism through the lens of Freud's theories. We endeavored to prove that Lovinescu's interpretation was just one among others (Ibrăileanu, Călinescu, Vianu, Caracostea), as the whole context favored a psychological understanding of Eminescu's personality. In order to sketch a still more convincing picture we brought into discussion the most recent studies dealing with different aspects of Eminescu's life and work and our conclusion shows clearly that, notwithstanding its limits, Lovinescu's understanding was a revolutionary and crucial one for the later developments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pro domo. This paper is likely to be unique through tentatively defining a psychological profile of the patients with slow transit constipation. If such a psychological profile is proved to exist and to predispose to constipation, improving it through psychological interventions could lead to an improved colonic transit. Objective. Defining a psychological profile of the patients complaining of slow intestinal transit, as few if any references upon this subject are to be found in literature. Method. The subjects have been patients with various internal disorders (including constipation). An approximately one-hour talk was conducted with each of them in order to identify their psychological features (PFs) (among 143 possible ones). Thereafter we examined each PF in turn, with the aim of finding out if and to what degree is it associated with any among the various areas of pathology. Results. PFs having an absolutely statistically significant association with constipation are: „attached to her/ his habitual pleasures, comfort, routine‟, „desires safety/security", „conservative, dogmatic, rigid‟, „tendency to develop attachments‟. PFs having a relatively statistically significant association with constipation are: „dislikes dirt/uncleanness‟, „fear of disease‟, „obstinate, strong-willed, maintaining/supporting his opinion and disliking contradiction‟, „preoccupied with material/ financial security‟. Conclusions. A possible psychological profile of patients complaining of delayed stools may centre around fixity and inertia, as expressing the patient's preference for a stable, safe, comfortable, risk-free situation, lacking any sort of challenges (pecuniary, health-related or otherwise). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]