Human aggression : theories, research, and implications for social policy / edited by Russell G. Geen, Edward Donnerstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Geen, Russell G., 1932-

Donnerstein, Edward I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aggressiveness.

Violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Academic Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For centuries, scholars have debated the causes of aggression and the means to reduce its occurrence. Human Aggression brings together internationally recognized experts discussing the most current psychological research on the causes and prevention of aggression. Scholars, policy makers, practitioners, and those generally concerned with the growing issue of aggression find this a much needed reference work. Topics include how aggression is related to the usage of drugs, how temperature affects aggression, the effect of the mass media on aggression, violence by men against women, and th

Contents:

Front Cover; Human Aggression: Theories, Research, and Implications for Social Policy; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Processes and Personal Variables in Affective Aggression; Processes in Aggression; Individual Variables in Aggression; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2. Methodology in the Study of Aggression: Integrating Experimental and Nonexperimental Findings; Measurement of Aggression; Convergence of Laboratory Aggression Measures; Similarity of Real-World and Laboratory Aggression

Can One Generalize the Results from the Artificial Confines of the Laboratory to the Real World?Literature Search Procedure; Results; Situation Variables and Aggression; Dealing with Real-World/Laboratory Discrepancies; General Discussion; References; Chapter 3. Affective Aggression : The Role of Stress, Pain, and Negative Affect; An Outline of the Theoretical Framework; Social Stress and Antisocial Conduct; Relation between the Experience and Behavior; Inhibiting the Activated Affected Aggression; References

Chapter 4. The Role of Social Information Processing and Cognitive Schema in the Acquisition and Maintenance of Habitual Aggressive BehaviorIntroduction; Emergence of Information Processing Models of Social Behavior; Fundamentals of Information Processing Models; Information Processing Principles Applied to Social Cognition; Automatic or Controlled Cognitive Processing; Aggressive Behavior, Anger, and Social Cognition; Cognitive Processes Mediating Aggressive Behavior; Empirical Data on Information Processing and Aggression; Conclusions; References

Chapter 5. Aggression and the Self: High Self-Esteem, Low Self-Control, and Ego ThreatIntroduction; Threatened Egotism and Aggressive Behavior; Self-Control and Aggression; Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 6. Psychoactive Drugs and Human Aggression; Classification of Psychoactive Drugs; Traditional Perspectives; Experimental Investigation; Discussion; Policy Implications; References; Chapter 7. Harmful Effects of Exposure to Media Violence: Learning of Aggression, Emotional Desensitization, and Fear; Exposure to Television; Violence on American Television

Conclusions about the Effects of Media ViolenceTheoretical Perspectives on Media Violence; Contextual Features of Violence; Issues of Cognitive Development and Aggression; Possible Solutions of Mitigating the Effects of Media Violence; Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 8. Male Violence Toward Women: an Integrated Perspective; Theoretical Conceptualizations; An Integrative Contextual Developmental Model; Types of Violence against Women: Overview of Common and Unique Characteristics; Policy Implications; References

Chapter 9. The Confluence Model as an Organizing Framework for Research on Sexually Aggressive Men : Risk Moderators, Imagined Aggression, and Pornography Consumption

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-03821-0

9786611038212

0-08-053418-X

OCLC:

476100599