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Descriptor English: Scapegoating
Descriptor Spanish: Chivo Expiatorio
Descriptor escapismo
Scope note: Proceso en el que operan mecanismos de proyección o desplazamiento para focalizar sentimientos de agresión, hostilidad, frustración, etc. sobre otra persona o grupo de personas. En este proceso, la cantidad de culpa está injustificada.
Descriptor Portuguese: Bode Expiatório
Descriptor French: Processus du bouc émissaire
Tree number(s): F01.145.813.572
F01.393.246.500
F01.393.693.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012539
Scope note: Process in which the mechanisms of projection or displacement are utilized in focusing feelings of aggression, hostility, frustration, etc., upon another individual or group; the amount of blame being unwarranted.
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Previous Indexing: Displacement (Psychology) (1968-1975)
Schizophrenia (1966-1975)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under DISPLACEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY) 1976-90
History Note: 91(76); was see under DISPLACEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY) 1976-90
DeCS ID: 12921
Unique ID: D012539
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1975/07/25
Revision Date: 2002/07/03
Scapegoating - Preferred
Concept UI M0019468
Scope note Process in which the mechanisms of projection or displacement are utilized in focusing feelings of aggression, hostility, frustration, etc., upon another individual or group; the amount of blame being unwarranted.
Preferred term Scapegoating



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