Abstract: The Personal Relative Deprivation Scale (PRDS; Callan et al., 2008, 2011) captures feelings of dissatisfaction and resentment deriving from the judgment that one is deprived of personally relevant outcomes compared to what other (...
Zusammenfassung: Der Beitrag stellt das verbreitete Stereotyp in Frage, demzufolge ein enger Zusammenhang zwischen Ärger und Aggression besteht. In dem ersten Teil des Beitrags werden emotions- und aggressionstheoretische Annahmen zum Zusammenhang ...
Zusammenfassung: Aggression wird biologisch als eine soziale Interaktion definiert, die auf einen Artgenossen zielt und dessen Fitness herabsetzt. An Hand von Modellrechnungen und Simulationen wird die Evolution von Sozialverhalten nachgezeichnet, um die ...
Zusammenfassung: Sexuelle Belästigung am Telefon ist ein in der bisherigen sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung vernachlässigtes Alltagsphänomen. Die vorliegende Studie zur Analyse dieses Phänomens wurde repräsentativ für Deutschland durchgeführt. In der ...
Zusammenfassung: Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Prävalenz unfreiwilliger Sexualkontakte bei älteren Jugendlichen in Ost- und Westdeutschland. 560 männlichen und weiblichen Befragten im Altersbereich zwischen 17 und 20 Jahren mit ost- bzw. ...
Aggression and Violence: State of the Art and Perspectives for Future ResearchAbstract: This paper reviews the current state of research on aggression and violence. In the first part, the focus is on the perpetrator, examining individual as well as ...
Summary:Victimization by peers as a developmental risk factorThe phenomenon of victimization in the peer group has received considerable attention in recent years. This review examines the current state of research in this area. About 10% of all ...
The behavior of 100 healthy dogs and 100 healthy cats was analysed during their physical examination from “head to tail”. A complete physical examination was possible without restraint in 70 % of the dogs and 76 % of the cats. Only a partial examination ...
Summary: In the present study with N = 136 students the relation between two aspects of self-concept, i.e., global self-esteem and firmness facing significant others, and the behaviour in an experimental anger-provoking situation was examined. The self-...
The present exploratory descriptive cross-sectional study with the participation of 814 (51.8 %) caregivers in 21 Swiss nursing homes provides insight into caregivers' experiences and handling of residents' aggressive behaviour. Moreover, caregiver burden ...
This study tests whether playing violent video games leads to desensitization and increased cardiovascular responding. In a laboratory experiment, 42 men spent 20 min playing either a high- or low-violence version of a “first-person shooter” game. Arousal ...
Abstract. This study tests two competing hypotheses, one based on the general aggression model (GAM), the other on the self-determination theory (SDT). GAM suggests that the crucial factor in video games leading to increased aggressiveness is their ...
The Significance of Androgens for Externalizing Behavior Problems in AdolescentsSummary:Objective: While an association between androgens and different types of aggression has been well documented in male offenders, the influence of androgens on ...
Reduced serotonin levels in platelet-free plasma of adolescents with externalizing behaviour problemsSummary:Objectives: A serotonergic dysfunction, in particular a reduced serotonergic neurotransmission in the frontal cortex and limbic brain regions, ...
Psychopharmacology of autistic disordersSummary: There is a growing number of studies on the efficacy of pharmacological interventions in autistic disorders. Although the core symptoms of autism can hardly be influenced by medication, drug treatment can ...
Objective: This study examines the prevalence of overt and covert aggression in women with bulimia nervosa (BN) as well as the relationship between the severity of BN and the frequency of aggressive acts. Patients and methods: 20 female college students ...