28th International Congress of Psychology August 8 ... - U-netSURF

Chair: Eliza Ahmed, Australia
5045.1 A study on the personality of 532 heavy criminals using project measure of drawing tree,
Qinghua Zhang 1 , Wenying Wang 1 , Wei Wu 2 , Quanhu Xue 2 , Yongchang Pan 2 , 1 Applied
Psychological Institute of Soochow University, China, China, 2 Suzhou Prison of Jiangsu Provice,
China
The authors used the project measure of drawing tree to test 532 heavy criminals with 215 normal
persons for contrasting. The following conclusion is drawn by statistic: Every part of the trees
drawn by the heavy criminals is different from that of the trees drawn by normal persons. 80
percent of them are not well being in mentality according to the trees drawn by them. 12.59
percent of them are looking forward to the future, which is lower than that (66.98) of the normal
persons. From the trees we also conclude that they are always dysthymia.
5045.2 Forgiveness, reconciliation and shame: Three key variables in reducing school bullying,
Eliza Ahmed, Australian national University, Australia
This study examines the relationships between forgiveness, reconciliation, shame and school
bullying. The sample consists of 1875 adolescents (60% girls) in grades 7 to 10. Both perceived
forgiveness and reconciliation were related to adaptive shame management skills (high shame
acknowledgment but low shame displacement) and lesser bullying activities. Adaptive shame
management was also related to lesser bullying activities. Perceived forgiveness buffered the
adverse impact of insufficient reconciliation on bullying. The path analysis indicated that shame
management partially mediated the effects of forgiveness and reconciliation on bullying. The
implications of all these findings for creating a safer school environment are discussed.
5045.3 The path of the law in psychiatry, Akand Ad wilia 1 , Jee Osagie 2 , Majiba Tosam 3 ,
Tserere Mag 4 , 1 inst of research, UK; 2 Famu, USA, 3 Telekom, 4 Soca - NPA, SA
In Africa and most of the developing world, psychological research have been hindered by the
lack of a major theory to guide the choice of topics and themes for scientific investigations. For a
better marriage between social reality and upholding of human dignity, psychiatric findings and
judicial decision making must work together to ensure fundamental human rights and respect.
Suggestions are made how psychological research could provide the necessary data to map the
phenomenology of law in Africa. This will create a place for legal and psychiatric positivism.
5045.4 A study of tax perceptions, attitudes and behaviour in China, Hong Mao, University of
Exeter, UK
Different tax knowledge influences tax attitudes differently. Tax attitudes are related to perception
of the fairness of the system, the work and probity of tax authorities and estimations of others’ tax
behaviour. This survey of two Chinese cities, Beijing and Shenzhen founds most people are quite
ignorant about specific tax issues. Generally the system is thought to be unfair; most people think
others are evading, most tax officials are perceived to be corrupt and general attitudes toward tax
are negative. All these together with education and income levels influence directly or indirectly
on the reluctance to report others’ evasion behaviour.
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