The Impact of Violent Video Games on the Player’s Social Network
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It appears that violent video game play makes the player more aggressive, which then spreads through their social networks.
By Tobias Greitemeyer
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The Evidence Is Clear: The Science Behind Media Violence
/In this episode of “All the Rage,” Dr. Ryan Martin and Dr. Craig Anderson discuss the research on violent media.
Read MoreLean Back and Relax
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Sitting in a relaxed position reduces aggressive behavior following a frustrating experience.
By Johannes Lutz
What’s the Difference Between Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment and Rape?
/These terms are often used interchangeably by the public, and though the concepts are overlapping, there are important distinctions.
By Sarah L. Cook, Lilia M. Cortina, and Mary P. Koss
Oxytocin Improves Distress Recognition in Individuals With Antisocial Personality Disorder
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Individuals with antisocial personality disorder have problems recognizing fear in other people’s facial expressions.
By Katja Bertsch and Sabine C. Herpertz
Do People Hurt Others Because It Feels Good?
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Deriving pleasure from others’ pain.
By David Chester
Social Media Use and Extremism: A Tool for Increasing Exposure or a Path to Radicalization?
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Social media has obviously increased the ability of extremists to reach millions—or even billions—of people, but is it also an important tool in the radicalization process? We have investigated what factors place one at risk of seeing extremism and what predicts being involved in producing such materials.
By James Hawdon
Alcohol Causes Aggression. Can It Reduce Aggression Too?
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What drunk people focus on matters.
By Dominic Parrott
Are Superheroes Good for Little Boys?
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Millions of kids worldwide love superheroes. They see the movies, they play with the action figures, and they dress up in a cape and pretend to fly. However, are superheroes really good for young children?
By Sarah M. Coyne
Is Practicing Self-Control the Key to Reducing Aggression?
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Researchers have been looking into ways that aggressive behavior can be inhibited. One approach that has gained considerable attention over the past few years is self-control training.
By Joanne R. Beames and Thomas F. Denson
How Can We Reduce Aggressive Behavior in Individuals With Borderline Personality Disorder?
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Aggression has not been a specific subject of existing psychotherapeutic treatment programs for BPD although it may severely endanger the relationship between patients and their psychotherapist or psychiatrist and other medical staff or patients. Therefore, we have designed a new group psychotherapeutic treatment, which specifically addresses feelings of anger and aggression.
By Katja Bertsch and Sabine C. Herpertz
Gangs: The Final Frontier
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A number of evidence-based models exist for helping aggressive youth generally, including juvenile offenders. However, we have yet to see a specific “best practice” approach for helping youth whose aggression, antisocial behavior, and violence emanate from their entrenchment in gang activity. This is a critical gap in the field.
By Paul Boxer
Thirst Aid: Does Alcohol Attenuate or Exacerbate Negative Affect and Aggression Following Social Rejection?
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This is a brief introduction to an ongoing project examining the effect of alcohol on human affective and behavioral reactions to ostracism. The intention is to identify the gap in our understanding of how people react to being socially excluded while under the influence of acute alcohol intoxication as well as how that intoxication may affect aggressive responses toward their ostracizer.
By Joel G. Sprunger and Christopher I. Eckhardt
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Position on Torture by Division 19 of the American Psychological Association
/According to well-accepted definitions of aggression, torture is an aggressive act.
Read MoreFour Ways that Online Harassment Can Be Upsetting for Youth
/Not all online harassment results in distress, so when does it happen?
By Michele Ybarra
Or Are They? How to Prevent School Shootings When There Is No Consistent Offender Profile
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If a typical offender profile does not exist, is it possible to prevent school shootings at all? Indeed, there seems to be a way, because research has yielded a second consistent finding: School shootings are no spontaneous acts and in all known cases, the later perpetrators (publicly) announced their offenses prior to carrying it out.
By Rebecca Bondü
Boys Are Victims Too?
/In our work on dating violence among high-risk adolescents (youth that have been exposed to violence in some manner), we uncovered some unexpected findings.
By Dennis E. Reidy
How Teen Dating Violence Differs Between Boys and Girls
/An infographic, based on a recently published paper, examines how types of teen dating violence differs between boys and girls.
By Michele Ybarra
Keep Calm and Grab a Teddy Bear: How to Reduce Anger and Aggressive Behavior
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Do not fight fire with fire but rather try to dissipate hostile feelings by exposing yourself to something nice.
By Johannes Lutz
In Memoriam: Benson Earl Ginsburg (1918–2016)
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A pioneer in the genetic and comparative studies of aggression
By Stephen Maxon
