kihatásai

Kihatásai is the Hungarian term for the effects or impacts that result from a cause, action, event, or process. It denotes the observable consequences and is commonly used in scientific, policy, and everyday language to discuss what outcomes a given intervention may produce. It is the plural form of kihatás and is often employed to refer to multiple related consequences of a single source.

Kihatások can be direct or indirect, immediate or long‑term, positive or negative, and intended or unintended. They may affect physical systems such as health or infrastructure, as well as non‑physical domains such as behavior, institutions, or culture. In practice, analysts distinguish among different categories of kihatások and assess their magnitude, duration, and distribution across populations or environments.

In various fields, examples include medicine, where the kihatásai of a drug include therapeutic effects as well as adverse side effects; economics, where policy changes create employment, price, or distribution kihatásai; environment, where emissions have ecological and climate-related kihatásai; and social policy, where education reforms influence inequality and social mobility. The assessment of kihatásai often relies on data collection, modeling, and comparative analysis to estimate potential outcomes and to inform decision‑making.

The term is widely used in Hungarian discourse to frame discussions about consequences and to structure evaluations of interventions, programs, or technologies. It is closely related to the singular hatás and to the broader concept of impact used across disciplines.