Gender differences in the negative affective priming of aggressive behavior.

نویسندگان

  • Edelyn Verona
  • John J Curtin
چکیده

The negative affective priming of aggression was examined across different aversive contexts (general stress exposure and frustration) with a laboratory aggression paradigm that measured the intensity of shocks participants delivered to a putative employee. Participants' emotional responses were gauged via startle eyeblink reactions and self-report mood ratings. Aside from gender differences in overall aggression, men but not women exposed to general stress showed significant increases in aggression across blocks. However, frustration produced increases in aggression in both genders. Although both genders showed robust startle increases during stress, startle activation was related to increases in aggression in men and decreases in aggression in women. These findings suggest that general stress and experiences of negative emotion trigger physical aggressive responses more strongly in men than in women.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Emotion

دوره 6 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006