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The social psychology of aggression

Barbara Krahe

Buch

englisch

Krahe, Barbara (Verfasser/-in) DNB

Reprint.

Psychology Press

Hove

2002

IX, 277 p.

978-0-86377-776-9

aggression
social psychology
aggressiveness

Summary:
In a textbook for a modular undergraduate course, Krahe (U. of Patsdam) focuses on manifestations of aggression in social relationships between individuals or groups, rather than self- destruction and destruction of material objects. She reviews the current understanding and recent research, and points out areas of controversy or frontiers where more research is needed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Table of Contents:
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Prefacep. ix
Introductionp. 1
1Concepts and measures of aggressionp. 9
Defining aggressionp. 9
The measurement of aggressionp. 13
Summaryp. 25
Suggested readingp. 26
2Theories of aggressive behaviourp. 27
Biological explanationsp. 28
Psychological explanationsp. 33
Summaryp. 46
Suggested readingp. 46
3Individual differences in aggressionp. 47
The development of aggressive behaviourp. 47
Personality and aggression in adulthoodp. 54
Gender differences in aggressive behaviourp. 59
Summaryp. 64
Suggested readingp. 66
4Situational influences on aggressionp. 67
Aggressive cuesp. 67
Alcoholp. 69
Temperaturep. 80
Other Environmental Stressorsp. 85
Summaryp. 87
Suggested readingp. 88
5Media violence and aggressionp. 91
Short-term effects of media violencep. 92
Long-term effects of media violencep. 100
The effects of pornographyp. 103
Explaining the media violence-aggression linkp. 108
Mitigating the adverse effects of media violencep. 114
Summaryp. 115
Suggested readingp. 117
6Aggression in the public spherep. 119
Bullying in school and at the workplacep. 119
Ethnic and politically motivated violencep. 126
Collective violencep. 132
Homicidep. 138
Summaryp. 143
Suggested Readingp. 145
7Domestic violencep. 147
Child abuse and maltreatmentp. 149
Partner abuse and wife batteringp. 165
Elder abuse and neglectp. 170
Explaining domestic violencep. 175
Summaryp. 180
Suggested readingp. 181
8Sexual aggressionp. 183
Definition and prevalence of sexual aggressionp. 184
Causal explanations of sexual aggressionp. 191
Risk factors of sexual victimisationp. 200
Consequences of sexual victimisationp. 203
Sexually aggressive womenp. 205
Summaryp. 208
Suggested readingp. 209
9Controlling and preventing aggressive behaviourp. 211
General strategies for reducing aggressionp. 212
Tackling bullying and gang violencep. 222
Preventing domestic violencep. 225
Preventing sexual aggressionp. 228
Summaryp. 235
Suggested readingp. 236
Referencesp. 239
Author Indexp. 267
Subject Indexp. 275

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