Prevalence of aggression and associated factors among inpatients with mental illness at tertiary hospitals in Southwestern Uganda [PDF]
BMC PsychiatryBackground In mental health treatment facilities around the world, aggression aimed towards medical personnel and other patients is a serious issue. Types of aggression include; verbal aggression, aggression towards property, self-harm/auto-aggression ...
Badru Kayongo +3 more
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Aggression in Women: Behavior, Brain and Hormones
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2018 We review the literature on aggression in women with an emphasis on laboratory experimentation and hormonal and brain mechanisms. Women tend to engage in more indirect forms of aggression (e.g., spreading rumors) than other types of aggression.
Thomas F. Denson +3 more
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Distinct psychological mechanisms for explicit and implicit aggression: evidence from the narcissism and sense of power [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionAggression has been demonstrated a distinction between explicit and implicit social cognition. Explicit aggression refers to the conscious tendency to display aggressive behavior while maintaining necessary self-control.
Qi Hu +6 more
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Appetitive aggression and associated factors among military soldiers retiring from active service in Uganda [PDF]
European Journal of PsychotraumatologyBackground: Appetitive aggression is a type of aggression that is characterized by a fascination with violence and a desire to inflict pain on the perceived enemy.
Dan Mwangye Bigirwa +4 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 A longitudinal study with N = 1,854 adolescents from Germany investigated patterns of change and gender differences in physical and relational aggression in relation to normative beliefs about aggression.
Barbara eKrahé, Robert eBusching
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Types of Aggression Among Kindergarten and Preschool Children of Mohr County/Fars Province in 2013–2014 [PDF]
International Journal of School Health, 2015 Background: Aggression in childhood is the predictor of delinquency, depression, school dropout, and drug abuse in higher ages. The preschool year is an appropriate time to diagnose children’s problems and plan for interventions to prevent their ...
Shahrzad Yektatalab +3 more
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Anger and assaultiveness of male forensic patients with developmental disabilities : links to volatile parents [PDF]
, 2008 This study with 107 male forensic patients with developmental disabilities investigated whether exposure to parental anger and aggression was related to anger and assaultiveness in a hospital, controlling for background variables.
Novaco, Raymond, Taylor, John
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Indirect aggression use and its experience in penitentiary incarceration [PDF]
ProbacjaIntroduction: Aim of the research presented in this article is investigation of indirect aggression among inmates. Indirect aggression covers aggressive behaviors toward social position and reputation of the victim, such as ridiculing, disseminating of ...
Krzysztof Nowakowski +1 more
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Mediating effect of self-esteem on the relationship between leisure experience and aggression
Scientific Reports, 2022 Previous research has shown that both the daily experiences and personal traits of adolescents are linked to aggression. Our aim was to further investigate the relationship between leisure experience, self-esteem, and aggression according to the general ...
Ximei Xia, Xiaotian Wang, Hairong Yu
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Gender differences in predictors of self-reported physical aggression: exploring theoretically relevant dimensions among adolescents from Santiago, Chile [PDF]
, 2013 Research findings remain unclear on whether different factors predict aggression for adolescent men and women. Given that aggression research is rarely conducted with Latin American populations, the current study used multiple imputation and linear ...
Bares, Cristina B. +4 more
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