Female aggression as a function of attitudes toward women

Richardson, Deborah; Vinsel, Anne; Taylor, Stuart P.

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“…Physical aggression was operationalized as the shock intensities selected by the participants. The Taylor task and other similar laboratory paradigms have been repeatedly shown to be safe and valid measures of aggressive behavior for men and women (Anderson & Bushman, 1997; Giancola & Chermack, 1998; Hoaken & Pihl, 2000; Richardson, Vinsel, & Taylor, 1980).…”

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Executive Functioning and Alcohol-Related Aggression.

Giancola¹

2004

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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The primary goal of this investigation was to determine whether executive functioning (EF) would moderate the alcohol-aggression relation. Participants were 310 (152 men and 158 women) healthy social drinkers between 21 and 35 years of age. EF as well as non-EF skills were measured with 13 validated neuropsychological tests. Following the consumption of either an alcoholic or a placebo beverage, participants were tested on a modified version of the Taylor Aggression Paradigm (S. Taylor, 1967), in which mild electric shocks were received from, and administered to, a fictitious opponent. Aggressive behavior was operationalized as the shock intensities administered to the fictitious opponent. EF was negatively related to aggressive behavior for men, regardless of beverage group, even when controlling for non-EF skills. Furthermore, alcohol increased aggression only for men with lower EF scores. Finally, the mere belief that alcohol was consumed suppressed aggression for women but not for men.

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Executive Functioning and Alcohol-Related Aggression.

Giancola¹

2004

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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“…The first study in the program of research (Richardson, Vinsel, & Taylor, 1980) referred to the “masculine norm of reciprocity,” suggesting that retaliation in response to an attack was something only a male would do. Basing our hypotheses on the notion that aggression was incompatible with sex-role-appropriate behavior for females, we predicted that traditional women would be relatively nonaggressive, and that less traditional women would be more likely to respond to provocation.…”

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The Myth of Female Passivity: Thirty Years of Revelations about Female Aggression

Richardson¹

2005

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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This article reviews an extensive program of research that has examined gender differences in aggressive behavior. Early research in the aggression laboratory that was designed to explain why females were nonaggressive actually revealed that females did respond to provocation and that they could not accurately be depicted as passive individuals. Subsequent studies that examined both indirect and direct aggression revealed that women were at least as likely as men to employ indirect aggressive strategies and that the nature of relationship is a better determinant of aggressive action than gender. Directly relevant to the theme of this volume, the later research revealed that males and females reported equally high levels of direct aggression in interaction with romantic partners.

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“…Retaliation was defined as the level of shock selected by the participant to administer to the opponent. This task has been shown to be a safe and valid measure of retaliatory aggressive behavior for men and women (Anderson and Bushman 1997;Giancola and Chermack 1998;Richardson, Bernstein, and Taylor 1979;Richardson, Vinsel, and Taylor 1980). Studies using the Taylor paradigm have demonstrated the facilitation of aggression by ethanol (see Taylor and Chermack 1993 for a review), and the inhibition of aggression by marijuana (Myerscough and Taylor 1985).…”

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We Are a Religious People;  We Are a Vengeful People

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Varan

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Scientific Study of Religion

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We evaluate the relation between religiousness and vengeance using multiple indicators of religiousness (religious orientation and church variables) and behavioral as well as self-reports of vengeance. Results from hierarchical regression analyses revealed that intrinsic religious orientation was negatively and extrinsic religious orientation positively related to self-reports of revenge but not to behavioral indicators of revenge. Only quest orientation was related to behavioral indicators of revenge with those higher on quest setting relatively lower levels of shock following a provocation and giving more money to an obnoxious confederate. Of the church variables, the number of religious activities was negatively and frequency of monetary donations positively related to selfreported vengeance. Only frequency of monetary donations, however, was uniquely related to one of the behavioral indicators of revenge, level of shock, with those who give more frequently also retaliating with higher levels of shock.

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Female aggression as a function of attitudes toward women

Cited by 15 publications

References 7 publications

Executive Functioning and Alcohol-Related Aggression.

Executive Functioning and Alcohol-Related Aggression.

The Myth of Female Passivity: Thirty Years of Revelations about Female Aggression

We Are a Religious People;  We Are a Vengeful People

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Female aggression as a function of attitudes toward women

Cited by 15 publications

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Executive Functioning and Alcohol-Related Aggression.

Executive Functioning and Alcohol-Related Aggression.

The Myth of Female Passivity: Thirty Years of Revelations about Female Aggression

We Are a Religious People; We Are a Vengeful People

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