Beliefs about Aggressive Feelings and Actions

Archer, John; Haigh, Anadelle

doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb32532.x

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“…Arias & Johnson, 1989 ;Harris & Cook, 1994), for disapproval of physical aggression by a man towards his partner, it is surprising that expressive views of partner physical aggression were not more strongly endorsed by the men in the present student sample. We should, however, note that it is instrumental beliefs that have been found to be strongly associated with self-reported aggression in previous studies (Archer & Haigh, 1996.…”

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“…The main ®ndings were con®rmed in a second student sample (Archer & Haigh, 1996, where it was also found that instrumental beliefs were strongly associated with self-reported physical aggression, and to a lesser extent with verbal aggression. These ®ndings have since been con®rmed in other samples (Archer & Haigh, 1997 b ;Campbell, Muncer & Odber, 1997 ;Campbell, Sapochnik & Muncer, 1997).…”

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“…It was also doubtful whether factor analysis and Cronbach's a values should be carried out on such nominal data. To address these issues, Archer & Haigh (1996 recast the 20-item EXPAGG as a set of 40 items (the revised EXPAGG), containing half instrumental and half expressive items, to be rated along a 5-point scale. The scores for instrumental and expressive responses showed clearer factor structures than did the combined items, and the two sets of beliefs were only moderately correlated overall (r 5 2 .…”

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Sex differences in beliefs about aggression: Opponent's sex and the form of aggression

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Haigh²

1998

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Previous studies show that men endorse instrumental beliefs about aggression to a greater extent than women, whereas women endorse expressive beliefs to a greater extent than men. However, men and women indicate that they have diåerent opponents in mind when thinking about aggression, and existing measures may emphasize physical forms of aggression. Therefore, beliefs about aggression were examined when the type of aggression (physical or verbal) and the sex of the opponent (same sex or opposite-sex partner) were speci®ed, among a sample of 200 students. Expressive beliefs were higher and instrumental beliefs lower for an opposite-sex partner and for physical aggression. The characteristic sex diåerence applied across all manipulations for expressive beliefs, but not for instrumental ones: men showed higher scores than women only for same-sex physical aggression. Higher instrumental (but not lower expressive) scores were also found among those who based their responses on real rather than hypothetical events. The sex diåerence in instrumental beliefs for same-sex physical aggression was largely con®ned to respondents using a hypothetical event. As in previous studies, instrumental and expressive beliefs were relatively independent of one another. The position that the beliefs represent rhetorical devices is assessed in the light of these ®ndings.

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Do beliefs about aggression predict physical aggression to partners?

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Graham‐Kevan

2003

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Three hypotheses concerning the association between instrumental (I) and expressive (E) beliefs about aggression and physical aggression were assessed among a sample comprising students (n ¼ 40), women from a domestic violence shelter (n ¼ 29), and male prisoners (n ¼ 46), all of whom had committed at least one act of physical aggression to a partner. Participants completed an adapted version of the EXPAGG [Archer and Haigh (1997a): British Journal of Social Psychology 35:1-23] to measure I and E beliefs about aggression, the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) [Straus (1979): Journal of Marriage and the Family 41:75-88] for themselves and their partner, and measures of fear and injuries resulting from partner violence. I beliefs predicted self-reported physical aggression to the partner, most CTS acts of physical aggression, and injuries to the partner, with only minor and limited associations for E beliefs. Correlations for the student and prisoner samples, and for men and women, showed different strengths. The findings supported a general link between I beliefs and aggression but offered no support for the predictions that the link would be restricted to men or to men who showed a persistent pattern of violence to their partners. Aggr. Behav. 29:41-54,

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Beliefs about Aggressive Feelings and Actions

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Sex differences in beliefs about aggression: Opponent's sex and the form of aggression

Sex differences in beliefs about aggression: Opponent's sex and the form of aggression

Do beliefs about aggression predict physical aggression to partners?

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