If Hollywood helped reduce smoking by changing portrayals, maybe it can do the same with guns. Culture matters.
29.09.2025 04:57 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0@doloresfernandez.bsky.social
Psychologist | Assistant Professor (PhD) in Criminology at UCLM (Spain)| Criminology Research Center 🎓🔍 | Research Group on Victimology and Psychopathology of Childhood and Adolescence | Passionate about human behavior, plot twists & dark minds 🎬🕵️♀️
If Hollywood helped reduce smoking by changing portrayals, maybe it can do the same with guns. Culture matters.
29.09.2025 04:57 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0New study shows gun violence in movies rose sharply from 2000–2021, closely tracking firearm homicides among U.S. youth. Media portrayals may normalize guns, echoing how smoking was once glamorized onscreen.
www.jahonline.org/article/S105...
#criminology #crime #research #media #violence
Why should we indulge our morbid curiosity? According to Psychology Today, exploring the dark — like true crime — lets us confront fear safely, grow resilient, and learn useful survival cues. And no, it doesn’t mean we lack empathy.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brai...
#psychology #criminology
🎉 ¡Nace G-VIPIA!
Hoy damos un paso importante en nuestro compromiso con la infancia y la adolescencia. La Línea de Investigación en Victimología (@LiVUCLM) del Centro de Investigación en Criminología de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha evoluciona y se transforma en G-VIPIA
New in Crime, Media, Culture: in-depth interviews with co-victims reveal how true-crime fandom + algorithms can retraumatize families (rumors, doxxing, speculation). More rigor, less spectacle.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#criminology #truecrime #crime #psychology #research
Can understanding the Dark Tetrad help us show compassion… or just protect ourselves?
13.09.2025 05:41 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Why does cruelty feel good to some people? The Dark Tetrad: narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy + sadism. Sadism adds the “pleasure of harming” (e.g., trolling) — and changes the game. Spotting it early protects relationships and teams. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mode...
#Psychology
Between whispers, fear, and comfort: what does this crossover tell us about how we inhabit violence in digital culture? 🕯️👂📱
10.09.2025 13:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Out today 📝
“Whispered crime: ASMR storytelling and the digital domestication of violence.”
On how whispered true crime tames fear and aestheticizes pain within the attention economy.
doi.org/10.1177/1741...
#TrueCrime #ASMR #DigitalCulture #MediaStudies #Ethics #Psychology #Criminology #Research
Thanks for the suggestion; it’s really interesting and I’ll keep it in mind ☺️
06.09.2025 06:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Proud to be at EUROCRIM 25 presenting our poster: “Can Autobiographical Memories of Events Perceived as Threatening Shape Fear of Crime?—Preliminary Results.” We examine phenomenology of threatening memories, gender differences, and links with fear of crime and avoidance.
#Eurocrim2025 #Criminology
📌 Jueves, 4 de septiembre – 18:45 h
🔹 Can Autobiographical Memories of Events Perceived as Threatening, Shape Fear of Crime? A Cross-Sectional Study – Preliminary Results
Autores: @doloresfernandez.bsky.social, Beatriz Ortega & @verojimeno.bsky.social
Our study suggests EI and resilience buffer stress in preadolescents (10–12), and creativity thrives alongside both. How can schools build these skills without piling on workload/testing? What practices actually stick? #Education #EmotionalIntelligence #Resilience #Creativity #Preadolescence
01.09.2025 16:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Our study (n=180, age 10–12): stress low–moderate; EI & resilience high. EI (clarity/repair) + resilience predicted less stress. Creativity linked to EI/resilience, not stress. ojs.ual.es/ojs/index.ph...
#Education #EmotionalIntelligence #Resilience #Creativity #Psychology #Research
If psychopathic traits shape recall—more detail, less emotion—what should matter more when interpreting memories: accuracy or emotional depth? #Psychopathy #Memory #Psychology #Criminology
29.08.2025 11:36 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0In one of our studies, psychopathic traits predict how we remember: meanness → higher precision & coherence; disinhibition → lower emotional intensity.
🔗 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
#Psychology #Memory #Research
If the key issue is the narrative, not the tech, does true crime help the public understand justice—or reinforce myths and false perceptions?
#Discussion #TrueCrime #Criminology #CriminalJustice
True crime is more than shock value. This study explores its expansion, the psychology behind its appeal, and the “CSI effect.” It argues the key challenge isn’t technology but how stories are framed for audiences.
🔗 doi.org/10.1515/zfrs...
#TrueCrime #CriminalJustice #Research #Psychology
Sometimes, the world feels like a wall of thorns.
Pain, fear, silence… and the weight of believing there’s no way through.
But even in the darkest moments, there’s always a path — if we dare to see it. 🌱
#Psychology #Reflection #peace
Art: 4amshower
Our June study 📄
Exploring how rumination and co-rumination in instant messaging relate to depressive symptoms.
Read here 👉 researchgate.net/publication/391863654
#MentalHealth #PsychResearch #DigitalBehavior #Depression #OnlineCommunication #Wellbeing
Do psychopathic traits change depending on social and occupational context?
🤔 Or are they just expressed differently — e.g., impulsivity vs. overt antisocial behavior?
#MentalHealth #Behavior #Society #Psychopathy #Psychology #Research #criminology
🔎 A community study found that the Lifestyle facet of psychopathy (impulsivity, irresponsibility, and behavioral indicators of antisocial behavior) scored the highest.
👉 Higher socioeconomic status was linked to fewer psychopathic traits.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Psychopathy #Psychology
"A meta-analysis reveals that psychopathy and Machiavellianism are consistently linked to higher depressive symptoms" pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
What does this tell us about the darker sides of personality are they more emotionally fragile than we assume?
#Psychology #DarkTriad #Personality
Dark traits and depression: Study finds psychopathy and Machiavellianism linked to more depressive symptoms
25.03.2025 20:03 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I found the classification of fear of crime into affective, behavioral, and cognitive dimensions interesting, and how CCTV seems to have a more notable (though weak and inconclusive) impact on affective fear. Which of the three dimensions do you consider most relevant for public safety policies?
15.08.2025 12:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0If 25 hours a week rewires the brain… imagine what it does to our empathy. Do we become better at spotting danger—or just numb?
14.08.2025 12:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🌡️ Research links rising temps in Australia to 72,000 more crimes yearly—up to 1.64 M by century’s end if warming continues. (Crime, Weather and Climate Change in Australia)
With Spain in a heatwave, could higher temps also raise aggression here?
#ClimateChange #CrimeScience #Heatwave #Psychology
¿Hasta dónde llega el #TrueCrime cuando se mezcla con el #ASMR?
Una reflexión sobre los límites del #Morbo y el consumo de violencia en redes.
🔗 theconversation.com/maquillaje-y...
#CrimenReal #CulturaDigital #Podcast #YouTube #Reflexión
In progress... se avecinan cambios
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