“…According to the existing evidence, it appears that once physically aggressive individuals form decisions that others are threatening, these decisions are more likely to persist over time. When deciding about others’ traits, more physically aggressive individuals are more certain about their decisions that others are hostile, which suggests that these decisions are less flexible and are more likely to endure (Brennan & Baskin-Sommers, 2019). Moreover, physical aggression is robustly linked to angry rumination, a pattern of repetitive and unintentional thinking that persists after an anger-provoking experience (Anestis, Anestis, Selby, & Joiner, 2009; Bushman, 2002; Denson, 2013; Peled & Moretti, 2007; Sukhodolsky, Golub, & Cromwell, 2001; Wilkowski & Robinson, 2008).…”