چکیده (انگلیسی):

As a consequence of interpersonal conflicts, needs of the victimized are violated. These needs have to be addressed in order
to achieve reconciliation. Due to the heterogeneity of need categories in scholarly research, we scrutinized which need
categories can be empirically identified. 478 participants reported on an experienced interpersonal conflict. They responded
to 109 items evaluating the perceived need violation for the conflict they reported on. By means of exploratory factor analysis
with a random sub-sample (n
1
= 239), six need categories were extracted. These are the need for respect, the need for
meaning, the need for acceptance, the need for pleasure, the need for self-efficacy , and the need for safety . Confirmatory
factor analyses showed that these needs replicated in the second random sub-sample (n
2
= 239) as well as across sub-samples
with people who had experienced an interpersonal conflict of lower severity of transgression (n
A
= 257) or higher severity of
transgression (n
B
= 221). In addition, each of the need categories mediated the relationship between the severity of transgression
and the desire for revenge. Y et, the results for the two need categories “pleasure” and “safety” have to be interpreted with
caution due to a lack of scalar invariance. Among the other four need categories, respect was identified as the only independent
mediator variable. Implications for the transformation of interpersonal conflict and further scholarly inquiries are discussed.