Versatility and exploratory psychometric properties of the Impulsive/Premeditated Aggression Scale (IPAS): A review
Publication date: Available online 14 March 2019Source: Aggression and Violent BehaviorAuthor(s): Ana Rita Cruz, Andreia de Castro-Rodrigues, Brian Rundle, Ioannisely Berrios-Torres, Rui Abrunhosa Gonçalves, Fernando Barbosa, Matthew S. StanfordAbstractAggression has different conceptualizations and can be behaviorally expressed in diverse ways. Designed to evaluate impulsive and premeditated forms of aggression, the Impulsive/Premeditated Aggression Scale (IPAS; Stanford et al., 2003) is a 30 item self-report questionnaire. The aim of the present study was to explore IPAS versatility in different psychological settings b...
Source: Aggression and Violent Behavior - March 16, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Aggression among men: An integrated evolutionary explanation
Publication date: Available online 13 March 2019Source: Aggression and Violent BehaviorAuthor(s): John KlasiosAbstractThis paper develops an integrated theoretical explanation of aggression among men, showing that much of that aggression is anchored in naturally-selected psychological adaptations—or, in the case of honor, importantly tied to cultural transmission—designed to solve the recurrent evolutionary problems of status and honor. Both of these problems are—or at least were—very crucial to the reproductive success of men. Maintaining and cultivating honor, engaging in theft, mating competition, war, and gangs...
Source: Aggression and Violent Behavior - March 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Socially accepted violence by “agents of law”: Sublimation of aggression as a model
Publication date: Available online 8 March 2019Source: Aggression and Violent BehaviorAuthor(s): Efrat Even-tzur, Uri HadarAbstractAs part of their duty, police officers sometime use electro-shock weapons in order to restrain violent behaviors; prison guards use physical force to restrict convicted felons' freedom of movement; staff members of forensic psychiatric units sometime use physical restraining means on dangerous patients. Such actions are sometimes criticized, but in other instances, when they do not exceed reasonable use of power, they may be perceived as appropriate and expected of the aforementioned officials....
Source: Aggression and Violent Behavior - March 8, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
A systematic literature review of intimate partner violence victimisation: An inclusive review across gender and sexuality
Publication date: Available online 4 March 2019Source: Aggression and Violent BehaviorAuthor(s): Philippa Laskey, Elizabeth A. Bates, Julie C. TaylorAbstractThe traditional view of intimate partner violence (IPV) is that the perpetrator is male and the victim is female (Dobash, Dobash, Wilson & Daly, 1992). As a result of this, most research into victimisation experiences appears to be conducted with female victims of IPV (Morin, 2014), and research with male victims, and victims from the LGBTQ+ community is less common. The main aim of the current research was to conduct a systematic literature review to synthesise the li...
Source: Aggression and Violent Behavior - March 6, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Transforming minds, people and places: Leadership coalition building as catalyst for intersectoral collaboratives in urban violence prevention
Publication date: Available online 1 March 2019Source: Aggression and Violent BehaviorAuthor(s): Rob Worrall, Finn KjaerulfAbstractThis paper assesses the impact of two pilot leadership development workshops. It tests the potential of an evidence and Place-based transformational Leadership Development (P-BLD) framework for building leader and leadership capabilities across sectors and for acting as a catalyst for collaborative action within an Intersectoral Urban Violence Prevention program (IUVP) in Nakuru County, Kenya.The P-BLD framework deliberately surfaces and works with the inherent tensions in intersectoral collabo...
Source: Aggression and Violent Behavior - March 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
