A Different View of Anger: The Cognitive‐Neoassociation Conception of the Relation of Anger to Aggression

Berkowitz, Leonard

doi:10.1002/ab.21432

Cited by 139 publications

(123 citation statements)

References 71 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

101

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Other work has shown that participants who underwent an angry versus a sad or neutral mood induction were more likely to use stereotypes when making judgments about a hypothetical individual (Bodenhausen, Sheppard, & Kramer, 1994). Furthermore, prominent models of aggression suggest that experiencing provocation and anger can bias people into perceiving subsequent events in a hostile manner (Berkowitz, 2012;Meier & Wilkowski, 2013). Future work should examine if anger in perceivers is related to the tendency to engage in the angry-atheist stereotype.…”

Section: Implications and Future Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, research has shown that perceiving other people as angry can make us hostile and set the stage for conflicts that need not happen (Berkowitz, 2012;Orobio de Castro et al, 2002). Such conflicts may be especially likely with atheists because this group appears to be stigmatized in some unique ways (Gervais et al, 2011;Gervais THE MYTH OF THE ANGRY ATHEIST 21 & Norenzayan, 2012b) and because society does not seem to censure the disparagement of atheists in the same way that it might censure the disparagement of other minorities.…”

Section: Implications and Future Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

The Myth of the Angry Atheist

Meier

Fetterman

Robinson

et al. 2014

The Journal of Psychology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Implications and Future Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Implications and Future Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Myth of the Angry Atheist

Meier

Fetterman

Robinson

et al. 2014

The Journal of Psychology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…The emotional state of anger is often related to action towards a goal such as removing frustrating stimulus (Harmon-Jones, Peterson, Harmon-Jones, 2010). Berkowitz (2012) further suggests that anger is related to aggressive oriented approach motivation, particularly among individuals who are high in trait anger. In effect, anger motivates one to remove the anger stimulus, which may involve the use of aggression (Berkowitz, 2012).…”

Section: Emotion Emotion Regulatory Strategies and Ipamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In more recent writings on the CN model, instead of focusing on the broad construct of negative emotion, Berkowitz (2012) has highlighted the specific role of anger.…”

Section: Emotion Emotion Regulatory Strategies and Ipamentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effects of Alcohol Intoxication and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Lab-Based Partner Aggression

Watkins¹

2014

PsycEXTRA Dataset

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Intimate partner aggression (IPA) is a serious national health concern that affects an alarming number of individuals and can lead to substantial psychological and physical suffering. Situational risk factors that arise in the immediate context of IPA reflect statelike influences that trigger aggression. Because these factors are more variable and fluctuate according to the situation, they are potentially promising targets for prevention and intervention efforts (e.g., through cognitive and behavioral interventions). Within this realm, two factors in particular appear to play a prominent role in the etiology of IPA: alcohol intoxication and cognitive emotion regulation strategies. In contrast to prior correlational work, the present study experimentally manipulated alcohol consumption and emotion regulatory strategies to assess their individual and combined effects on IPA, which was measured both observationally and through self-report. It was expected that both alcohol intoxication and anger rumination would increase IPA perpetration, whereas reappraisal would result in decreased IPA perpetration. Further, intoxication and emotion regulation strategies were expected to have interactive effects on IPA perpetration such that rumination would enhance associations between alcohol intoxication and aggression, whereas reappraisal would attenuate the relationship between alcohol and IPA perpetration. Hypotheses for the study were partially supported. Findings show that participants in the alcohol condition generally displayed greater IPA than participants in the placebo condition. Emotion regulation strategy condition was not found to affect IPA. When examining only the effects of alcohol and emotion regulation strategy condition, emotion strategy use did not moderate the relationship between alcohol intoxication and IPA. However, alcohol and emotion regulation strategy conditions were found to interact with trait levels of rumination and reappraisal to predict IPA. The implications of these results, future directions for research, and implications for IPA intervention and prevention strategies are discussed. (Harned, 2002;Straus, 2004).Although most research examining IPA has focused on heterosexual couples, IPA also occurs among heterosexual and same sex couples at similar rates (McClennen, 2005).Further, researchers agree that it is important to systematically examine IPA perpetration among both genders (Holtzworth-Munroe, 2005;Johnson, 2006;Straus, 2006) and among both heterosexual and same-sex couples (Fahmy & Fradella, 2014;McCLennen, 2005). 3University students are particularly at risk for IPA, with past-year prevalence rates ranging from approximately 20% to 50% (Cogan & Fennell, 2007; Forke, Myers, Catallozzi, & Schwartz, 2008;Riggs & O'Leary, 1996;Straus, 2004 Identifying demographic and dispositional risk factors provides invaluable information on which individuals are more likely to be aggressive towards their partners.However, these risk factors do not provide information about the specific circumsta...

show abstract

“…[11][12][13][14][15][16] In the present author's experimental work and theoretical writing, anger has been viewed in the context of his Prototypical Emotion-Episode Model, or (PEEM)…”

Section: Vithe Relevant Aspects Of Anger and Peemmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Anger-Aggression Bidirectional-Causation (AABC) Model’s Relevance for Dyadic Violence, Revenge and Catharsis

Konečni¹

2016

Soc Behav Res Pract Open J

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

CitationKonečni VJ. The anger-aggression bidirectional-causation (AABC) model's relevance for dyadic violence, revenge and catharsis. Review I. ABSTRACTIn this article, the multifaceted theoretical underpinnings of V. J. Konečni's AngerAggression Bidirectional-Causation (AABC) model of interpersonal aggression are described, along with a large body of supporting data, mostly from laboratory experiments. The AABC model's utility in the clarification of several complex issues of long standing in various scholarly domains is discussed, such as: Catharsis and the "cathartic effect"; adaptationist accounts of revenge; and intrafamilial dyadic violence. IV. INTRODUCTIONIn a recent article on family violence, Finkenauer et al 1 invoked a host of distal factors (societal, structural, personality), but failed to address a frequent and potentially crucial proximal cause -the dyadic aggression sequence -of which the main components are provocation, anger, and retaliation. A detailed analysis of the aggression sequence, including the behavioral and physiological consequences of revenge, was, for perhaps understandable reasons, also missing in the recent adaptationist discussion of the revenge and forgiveness systems by McCullough, et al.2 Yet the culmination of numerous aggression-related exchanges between members of a dyad (consisting of a couple, parent and offspring, and other relations), repeated over protracted time periods, may be the particularly deleterious anger-free preemptive strikes. The ingredients of an aggression series, its specific content and form, may be at the core of intrafamilial violence and offer insights regarding the possibilities of treatment tailored for dyads.One purpose of this article is to review the evidence for the arguably key aspect of an aggression sequence, the "cathartic effect" (defined below), within Konečni's 3-5 Anger-Aggression Bidirectional-Causation or (AABC) model. The second purpose is to contribute to, and hopefully extend, the systemic and the adaptationist accounts of provocation, revenge, and their roles in the dynamics of dyadic intrafamilial violence.

show abstract

A Different View of Anger: The Cognitive‐Neoassociation Conception of the Relation of Anger to Aggression

Cited by 139 publications

References 71 publications

The Myth of the Angry Atheist

The Myth of the Angry Atheist

The Effects of Alcohol Intoxication and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Lab-Based Partner Aggression

The Anger-Aggression Bidirectional-Causation (AABC) Model’s Relevance for Dyadic Violence, Revenge and Catharsis

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About