Ice and fire: Two paths to provoked aggression

Book, Angela S.; Visser, Beth A.; Volk, Anthony A.; Holden, Ronald R.; D’Agata, Madeleine T.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2018.10.010

“…Conversely, results from Study 6 indicated that participants exhibited greater conflict when choosing delayed-but-greater revenge, which indicates the recruitment of some self-regulatory processes. The presence of greater conflict during such decisions supports a growing perspective in which (delayed) revenge is likely the result of greater deliberative self-regulation rather than simple impulses (Book, Volk, Holden, & D'Agata, 2019;Lasko, Chester, Martelli, West, & DeWall, 2019). Typically, self-control allows people to choose less severe aggression (e.g., Denson et al, 2012).…”

Section: Situational and Dispositional Factors: Provocation Antagonism And Self-controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

Some revenge now or more revenge later? Applying an intertemporal framework to retaliatory aggression.

West¹,

Lasko²,

Hall³

et al. 2022

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“…Conversely, results from Study 6 indicated that participants exhibited greater conflict when choosing delayed-but-greater revenge, which indicates the recruitment of some self-regulatory processes. The presence of greater conflict during such decisions supports a growing perspective in which (delayed) revenge is likely the result of greater deliberative self-regulation rather than simple impulses (Book, Volk, Holden, & D'Agata, 2019;Lasko, Chester, Martelli, West, & DeWall, 2019). Typically, self-control allows people to choose less severe aggression (e.g., Denson et al, 2012).…”

Section: Self-controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

Some Revenge Now or More Revenge Later? Applying an Intertemporal Framework to Retaliatory Aggression

West¹,

Lasko²,

Hall³

et al. 2021

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Retaliatory aggression is a rewarding behavior. Decisions about rewarding behaviors often involve an intertemporal bias, such that people prefer immediate rewards and discount delayed rewards. We integrated these literatures to test whether the delay discounting framework could be applied to retaliatory aggression. Across six studies (total N = 1,508), participants repeatedly chose between immediate-but-lesser or delayed-but-greater retaliation. As with other rewards (e.g., money), participants preferred immediate-but-lesser retaliation, discounting the value of delayed-but-greater revenge. Rates of aggression discounting were temporally stable andassociated with greater aggressive behavior. Experimentally-induced angry rumination reduced discounting rates, motivating participants to wait longer to inflict greater harm. Participants with greater antagonistic traits (e.g., physical sadism), displayed stronger preferences for delayed-but greater vengeance. These findings suggest that some dispositionally aggressive individuals may delay retaliation in service of greater future revenge. Our results bolster the important role of reward in retaliatory aggression and suggest that an intertemporal framework is likely a fruitfularea of investigation for antisocial behavior. We discuss the implications of our findings in relation to contemporary theories of aggression and broader theories of antisocial behavior.

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“…For example, in contrast to a child who is higher in HH, a child who is low in HH may bully his/her peer to enhance his/her social status because he/she is motivated to become popular and is less concerned about who he/she may step on to achieve this aim (Farrell, Della Cioppa, Volk, & Book, ). In fact, low HH has been strongly associated with self‐reports of both reactive and proactive aggression (Book, Visser, Volk, Holden, & D'Agata, ). Accordingly, low HH has been identified as a primary predictor of aggressive behavior in adult and adolescent populations (Ashton & Lee, ).…”

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confidence: 99%