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Source: Aggressive Behavior - February 16, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ISRA Announcement Source Type: research
Toward a re‐interpretation of self‐harm: A cross‐contextual approach
A common view is that self‐harmers are individuals who are exposed to or have been exposed to stressors and hostility in everyday settings. A strand of research has also found that self‐harmers expose other people to their hostility. Extending these findings, this study examined whether adolescent self‐harmers are simultaneously exposed and expose others to hostility in their everyday interpersonal contexts—at home, at school, and during leisure‐time. The participants were 1,482 adolescents, ranging from 13 to 16 years of age, who attended different schools in a medium‐sized city in central Sweden. The results ...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - February 16, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Delia Latina, Håkan Stattin Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Men's harassment behavior in online video games: Personality traits and game factors
In this study, we sought to determine what personality traits and game‐related variables predicted two types of online aggression in video games: general harassment (e.g., skill‐based taunting, insulting others’ intelligence) and sexual harassment (e.g., sexist comments, rape threats). Men who play online video games (N = 425) participated in an anonymous online survey. Social dominance orientation and hostile sexism predicted higher levels of both sexual harassment and general harassment in online games. Game involvement and hours of weekly gameplay were additional predictors of general harassment. We discuss im...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - February 16, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wai Yen Tang, Jesse Fox Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Toward a re ‐interpretation of self‐harm: A cross‐contextual approach
A common view is that self‐harmers are individuals who are exposed to or have been exposed to stressors and hostility in everyday settings. A strand of research has also found that self‐harmers expose other people to their hostility. Extending these findings, this study examined whether adolescent self‐harmers are simultaneously exposed and expose others to hostility in their everyday interpersonal contexts—at home, at school, and during leisure‐time. The participants were 1,482 adolescents, ranging from 13 to 16 years of age, who attended different schools in a medium‐sized city in central Sweden. The results ...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - February 15, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Delia Latina, H åkan Stattin Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Perceptions of low agency and high sexual openness mediate the relationship between sexualization and sexual aggression
Researchers have become increasingly interested in the saturation of popular Western culture by female hypersexualization. We provide data showing that men have more sexually aggressive intentions toward women who self‐sexualize, and that self‐sexualized women are vulnerable to sexual aggression if two qualifying conditions are met. Specifically, if perceivers view self‐sexualized women as sexually open and lacking agency (i.e., the ability to influence one's environment), they harbor more sexually aggressive intentions and view women as easier to sexually victimize. In Experiment 1, male participants viewed a photog...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - February 5, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Khandis R. Blake, Brock Bastian, Thomas F. Denson Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Psychometric examination and validation of the aggressive driving scale (ADS)
Aggressive driving behavior is an important cause of traffic accidents. Based on the recent view that aggressive driving is one way that trait aggression manifests itself, a growing research area has focused on the development of scales to assess aggressive driving. The aggressive driving scale (ADS) analyzed in the present study consists of 24 items. A sample of 276 participants was analyzed to obtain the factor structure and reliability of the ADS and 67 of them participated in the behavioral experiment in order to examine the construct and predictive validity of the scale. Results indicated a 3‐factor structure (inter...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - February 5, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yiqi Zhang, Rebecca Houston, Changxu Wu Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Dressed to kill? Visible markers of coalitional affiliation enhance conceptualized formidability
Displaying markers of coalitional affiliation is a common feature of contemporary life. In situations in which interaction with members of rival coalitions is likely, signaling coalitional affiliation may simultaneously constitute an implicit challenge to opponents and an objective commitment device, binding signalers to their coalitions. Individuals who invite conflict, and who cannot readily back out of conflict, constitute a greater threat than those who avoid conflict and preserve the option of feigning neutrality. As a consequence, the former should be viewed as more formidable than the latter. Recent research indicat...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - February 5, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Daniel M. T. Fessler, Colin Holbrook, David Dashoff Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Biased self‐perceived social competence and engagement in subtypes of aggression: Examination of peer rejection, social dominance goals, and sex of the child as moderators
This study expands on prior research suggesting that children who either over‐ or under‐estimate their social competence relative to others’ reports are more likely to be aggressive. Linear and curvilinear associations between biased social self‐perceptions and forms (physical vs. relational) and functions (proactive vs. reactive) of aggression were tested along with three moderators (peer rejection, social dominance goals, and child sex). Children in the fifth through eight grade (N = 167) completed self‐reports of perceived social competence and social dominance goals. Teachers completed ratings of children...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - February 2, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Julia D. McQuade, Rosanna P. Breaux, Angelina F. Gómez, Rebecca J. Zakarian, Julia Weatherly Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Biased self ‐perceived social competence and engagement in subtypes of aggression: Examination of peer rejection, social dominance goals, and sex of the child as moderators
This study expands on prior research suggesting that children who either over‐ or under‐estimate their social competence relative to others’ reports are more likely to be aggressive. Linear and curvilinear associations between biased social self‐perceptions and forms (physical vs. relational) and functions (proactive vs. reactive) of aggression were tested along with three moderators (peer rejection, social dominance goals, and child sex). Children in the fifth through eight grade (N = 167) completed self‐reports of perceived social competence and social dominance goals. Teachers completed ratings of children...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - February 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Julia D. McQuade, Rosanna P. Breaux, Angelina F. G ómez, Rebecca J. Zakarian, Julia Weatherly Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
The moderating role of aggressiveness in response to campaigns and interventions promoting anti‐violence attitudes
This research indicates that a critical factor for understanding the success or failure of anti‐violence campaigns is the aggressiveness of the target audience. We propose that person and situation interact in predicting post‐intervention attitudes toward violence, fighting expectations, and intentions to learn how to use real guns. Across two studies conducted in different countries and with different age populations, we found that anti‐violence campaigns were effective, only for those for whom the message was already pro‐attitudinal (low trait aggressiveness). In contrast, for individuals with relatively higher s...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - January 28, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Miguel A. M. Cárdaba, Pablo Briñol, Gaspar Brändle, José A. Ruiz‐SanRomán Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
The moderating role of aggressiveness in response to campaigns and interventions promoting anti ‐violence attitudes
This research indicates that a critical factor for understanding the success or failure of anti‐violence campaigns is the aggressiveness of the target audience. We propose that person and situation interact in predicting post‐intervention attitudes toward violence, fighting expectations, and intentions to learn how to use real guns. Across two studies conducted in different countries and with different age populations, we found that anti‐violence campaigns were effective, only for those for whom the message was already pro‐attitudinal (low trait aggressiveness). In contrast, for individuals with relatively higher s...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - January 27, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Miguel A. M. C árdaba, Pablo Briñol, Gaspar Brändle, José A. Ruiz‐SanRomán Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Neighborhood disadvantage and physical aggression in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of multilevel studies
The objective of this study was to quantitatively synthesize studies that have examined the effect of neighborhood disadvantage on physical aggression in children and adolescents and to identify potential moderators. We searched seven databases for articles published before April 25, 2015. Studies were considered eligible if they were published in peer‐reviewed journals, used multilevel data, controlled for neighborhood clustering, used physical aggression as the study outcome, and considered children or adolescents as the study population. Of the 152 eligible studies, we included 43 in the meta‐analysis. The results f...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - January 8, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ling‐Yin Chang, Mei‐Yeh Wang, Pei‐Shan Tsai Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Soccer players awarded one or more red cards exhibit lower 2D:4D ratios
In this study, we analyze the relationship between second‐to‐fourth digit (2D:4D) ratios—a proxy for prenatal androgen levels—and foul play and sporting performance in a sample of junior soccer players from a professional Uruguayan soccer club. Our results show that the most aggressive players (i.e., those awarded one or more red cards) have a more masculine finger pattern (lower 2D:4D ratio), while no relationship could be found between sporting performance and 2D:4D ratios. The results are discussed in the context of previous findings. Aggr. Behav. 9999:1–10, 2015. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Source: Aggressive Behavior)
Source: Aggressive Behavior - December 24, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alvaro Mailhos, Abraham P. Buunk, Denise del Arca, Verónica Tutte Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Intimate partner aggression‐related shame and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: The moderating role of substance use problems
A dearth of literature has examined the consequences of women's use of aggression in intimate relationships. Women's use of aggression against their intimate partners, regardless of their motivation (e.g., self‐defense, retaliation), may elicit shame. Shame, in turn, may contribute to the maintenance and/or exacerbation of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, which are commonly experienced in this population. Further, emerging research suggests that emotionally avoidant coping strategies, such as substance use, may strengthen the relation between shame and PTSD symptoms. The goal of the present study was to exa...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - December 24, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nicole H. Weiss, Aaron A. Duke, Nicole M. Overstreet, Suzanne C. Swan, Tami P. Sullivan Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Intimate partner aggression ‐related shame and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: The moderating role of substance use problems
A dearth of literature has examined the consequences of women's use of aggression in intimate relationships. Women's use of aggression against their intimate partners, regardless of their motivation (e.g., self‐defense, retaliation), may elicit shame. Shame, in turn, may contribute to the maintenance and/or exacerbation of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, which are commonly experienced in this population. Further, emerging research suggests that emotionally avoidant coping strategies, such as substance use, may strengthen the relation between shame and PTSD symptoms. The goal of the present study was to exa...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - December 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nicole H. Weiss, Aaron A. Duke, Nicole M. Overstreet, Suzanne C. Swan, Tami P. Sullivan Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
