Does the revised multiple affect adjective checklist hostility subscale measure hostility?

Buchanan, Tom

doi:10.1002/(sici)1098-2337(1999)25:3<179::aid-ab2>3.0.co;2-m

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“…Participants checked adjectives to describe how they felt at that moment; examples of hostile adjectives included aggressive and annoyed. The hostility subscale has been validated previously (Buchanan, 1999;Se ´guin, Pelletier, & Hunsley, 1998) and had high reliability (␣ ϭ .81) in this study. MAACL hostility was unrelated to primed motivation (r ϭ Ϫ.07) and therefore could be included as a moderator.…”

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Humor as aggression: Effects of motivation on hostility expressed in humor appreciation.

Weinstein

Hodgins

Østvik-White

2011

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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In 4 studies, the authors examined the hypothesis that relative to primed autonomy motivation, primed control would increase enjoyment of hostile (compared with nonhostile) humor as assessed by self-reported enjoyment and aversiveness and by nonverbal behavior. Results confirmed the hypothesis. Furthermore, initial state hostility moderated the effect such that high-hostility participants who were primed with control motivation especially enjoyed hostile humor. The 2 final studies showed that the effect was mediated by implicit aggression such that the combination of high initial state hostility and control priming led to implicit aggression, which in turn resulted in hostile humor enjoyment. Results are interpreted in terms of the effects of autonomy versus control motivation on intrapersonal self-regulatory processes, which influence interpersonal functioning.

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Humor as aggression: Effects of motivation on hostility expressed in humor appreciation.

Weinstein

Hodgins

Østvik-White

2011

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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“…It is associated with anxiety measured by a multiple checklist [Buchanan, 1999] and is similar to the older neurotic hostility scale of the Buss Durkee Hostility Inventory [Buss and Durkee, 1957;see Felsten, 1996], which involved mistrust of others. Indirect bullying may be particularly difficult for the victim to deal with owing to its subtle nature, and the problems in identifying the aggressor.…”

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Association between measures of aggression and bullying among juvenile and young offenders

Ireland

Archer

2004

Aggressive Behavior

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This study addresses the relationship between aggression and behaviors indicative of bullying in a sample of incarcerated male juvenile and young offenders. The study also addresses whether or not offenders who bully others and/or are bullied themselves can be identified by the type of aggression that they report. Ninety-five juvenile and 196 young offenders completed a self-report behavioral checklist (DIPC: Direct and Indirect Prisoner Behavior Checklist) that addressed their experience of and involvement in behaviors indicative of bullying. They also completed the Aggression Questionnaire (AQ), a measure of physical and verbal aggression, anger and hostility. Four categories of offenders were identified from the DIPC -pure bullies, pure victims, those who were both bullies and victims (bully/victims), and those not-involved in bullying behavior. As predicted, behaviors measured on the DIPC that were indicative of 'bullying others' correlated positively with scores on the AQ. There was no indication, however, that physical AQ and physical bullying on the DIPC were the same constructs. There was a closer association between verbal AQ scores and verbal bullying on the DIPC. Bullies and bully/victims reported higher levels of physical and verbal aggression, and bully/victims reported higher levels of hostility and anger, than the other categories. It is concluded that although there are similarities between the AQ and the DIPC, there is no evidence that they are measuring the same type of aggression, although different groups involved in bullying can be partly distinguished by their scores on the AQ. Aggr.

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“…We have already addressed some of the reliability and validity concerns relevant to measuring human serotonergic functioning; however, the reliability and validity of measures on the other side of the equation (i.e., measures of aggression, hostility, and anger) are also important to consider. Unreliability in serotonin and/or aggression measures could lead to attenuated correlations in spite of the existence of an actual relation (Buckley, Cote, & Comstock, 1990). For example, the subscales of the most commonly used aggression instrument included in this meta-analysis-the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory (Buss & Durkee, 1957)-have been found to lack adequate reliability (Vassar & Hale, 2009) and discriminant validity (Biaggio, Supplee, & Curtis, 1981).…”

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“…For example, the distinctions between subscales labeled “extrapunitive hostility,” “angry hostility,” and “anger expression” are not discernible from their titles alone. One researcher’s “hostility” is another’s “aggression” or “anger” (e.g., Buchanan, 1999; Bushman & Anderson, 2001; Tremblay, 1991). Manuscript titles such as “Aggression Questionnaire Hostility Scale Predicts Anger in Response to Mistreatment” can leave the uninitiated feeling slightly dizzy (Felsten & Hill, 1999).…”

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Revisiting the serotonin–aggression relation in humans: A meta-analysis.

Duke¹,

Bègue²,

Bell³

et al. 2013

Psychological Bulletin

198

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The inverse relation between serotonin and human aggression is often portrayed as “reliable,” “strong,” and “well-established” despite decades of conflicting reports and widely recognized methodological limitations. In this systematic review and meta-analysis we evaluate the evidence for and against the serotonin deficiency hypothesis of human aggression across four methods of assessing serotonin: (a) cerebrospinal fluid levels of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (CSF 5-HIAA), (b) acute tryptophan depletion, (c) pharmacological challenge, and (d) endocrine challenge. Results across 175 independent samples and over 6,500 total participants were heterogeneous, but, in aggregate, revealed a small, inverse correlation between central serotonin functioning and aggression, anger, and hostility, r = −.12. Pharmacological challenge studies had the largest mean weighted effect size, r = −.21, and CSF 5-HIAA studies had the smallest, r = −.06, p = .21. Potential methodological and demographic moderators largely failed to account for variability in study outcomes. Notable exceptions included year of publication (effect sizes tended to diminish with time) and self-versus other-reported aggression (other-reported aggression was positively correlated to serotonin functioning). We discuss four possible explanations for the pattern of findings: unreliable measures, ambient correlational noise, an unidentified higher-order interaction, and a selective serotonergic effect. Finally, we provide four recommendations for bringing much needed clarity to this important area of research: acknowledge contradictory findings and avoid selective reporting practices; focus on improving the reliability and validity of serotonin and aggression measures; test for interactions involving personality and/or environmental moderators; and revise the serotonin deficiency hypothesis to account for serotonin’s functional complexity.

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Does the revised multiple affect adjective checklist hostility subscale measure hostility?

Cited by 5 publications

References 14 publications

Humor as aggression: Effects of motivation on hostility expressed in humor appreciation.

Humor as aggression: Effects of motivation on hostility expressed in humor appreciation.

Association between measures of aggression and bullying among juvenile and young offenders

Revisiting the serotonin–aggression relation in humans: A meta-analysis.

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