An Empirical Test of the Situation Specificty/Consistency of Aggressive Behavior

1979 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Harris
Keyword(s):  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Empirical Test

Aggressive Behavior in Male Offenders: Preliminary Analyses of Self-Regulatory Functions in a Sample of Criminals

2007 ◽  
Vol 100 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1171-1185
Author(s):  
Thomas Ross ◽  
María Isabel Fontao ◽  
Rainer Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Functional Role ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Violent Behavior ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Conflict Behavior ◽  
Male Offenders ◽  
Regulatory Functions

The functional role of self-regulation in aggressive and violent behavior continues to be an important problem in the forensic field. Theoretically, self-regulatory functions should influence other dimensions known to be related to aggressive behavior, but as of yet there is no empirical test of this assumption. Emotional self-regulation, conflict behavior, behavioral resources, and personality disorders were examined in a sample of 70 offenders with respect to the role that self-regulatory variables play in aggressive behavior. Although substantial correlations between self-regulator functions and aggressive behavior were found, these variables did not predict aggression in a subsequent regression analysis. Implications of the findings are discussed and put into relation with treatment issues of aggressive offenders.

Assessing Social Skills in Health Professional Services

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-181
Author(s):  
Francisco Gil ◽  
Jesús Sanz ◽  
María Paz García-Vera ◽  
José M. León ◽  
Silvia Medina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Professional ◽  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Quality Of Health Services

Abstract. The quality of health services depends on the contribution of all the professionals involved in the system, including certain groups, usually forgotten and underrated, such as the health-transport technicians (HTT). With the aim of improving this group's performance, an intervention program, focusing on the development of the workers' technical and social skills, was designed in a collective of enterprises. Information about the first stage of this program, consisting of the assessment of these workers' social skills, is offered in this study. A specific questionnaire was developed: The Health-Transport Technicians Social Skills Questionnaire (HTT-SSQ), made up of three scales (assertive, passive, and aggressive behavior). It was administered to a large sample (N = 530) from the above-mentioned association. The psychometric properties of the questionnaire were analyzed, with quite satisfactory indexes of internal consistency and factor validity, and the group's deficiencies (excess or deficit) were evaluated.

The Hitman Study

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Ferguson ◽  
Stephanie M. Rueda
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Mood Management ◽  
Video Game Play ◽  
Video Game Playing ◽  
Violent Video Game ◽  
The Social

This article explores commonly discussed theories of violent video game effects: the social learning, mood management, and catharsis hypotheses. An experimental study was carried out to examine violent video game effects. In this study, 103 young adults were given a frustration task and then randomized to play no game, a nonviolent game, a violent game with good versus evil theme (i.e., playing as a good character taking on evil), or a violent game in which they played as a “bad guy.” Results indicated that randomized video game play had no effect on aggressive behavior; real-life violent video game-playing history, however, was predictive of decreased hostile feelings and decreased depression following the frustration task. Results do not support a link between violent video games and aggressive behavior, but do suggest that violent games reduce depression and hostile feelings in players through mood management.

Do Reductions in Children's Television, Videotape, and Video Game Use Decrease Aggressive Behavior?

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. N. Robinson ◽  
M. L. Wilde ◽  
L. C. Navracruz ◽  
K. Farish Haydel ◽  
A. Varady
Keyword(s):  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Children's Television
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