Citation

Borofsky GL, Stollak GE, Messé LA. J. Exp. Soc. Psychol. 1971; 7(3): 313-318.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1971, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0022-1031(71)90031-X

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In a "psychodrama" situation, a "spontaneous" fight occurred between two male and/or female accomplices. As predicted, significantly more male Ss attempted to interfere with the fight than did female Ss. Contrary to prediction, however, none of six male Ss interferred when a male was "injuring" a female. A number of possible explanations for this latter finding were presented, among them the speculation that males obtained vicarious sexual and/or hostile gratification from seeing a male "hurt" a female.