The Impact of Multiple Opportunities for Aggression on Aggressive Thoughts, Behaviors, and Motivations

Opportunities for aggression occur frequently and unpredictably, but little research to our knowledge has investigated the impact of the mere presence of multiple opportunities on aggression over time. Two studies, one with a Canadian sample (163 participants) and one with an American sample (103 pa...

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Main Author: Hull, Kristen Nicole
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spelling ndltd-unf.edu-oai-digitalcommons.unf.edu-etd-16772016-10-20T05:01:46Z The Impact of Multiple Opportunities for Aggression on Aggressive Thoughts, Behaviors, and Motivations Hull, Kristen Nicole Opportunities for aggression occur frequently and unpredictably, but little research to our knowledge has investigated the impact of the mere presence of multiple opportunities on aggression over time. Two studies, one with a Canadian sample (163 participants) and one with an American sample (103 participants) were conducted to analyze the impact of the number of opportunities for aggression on justified and unjustified aggressive thoughts, behaviors, and motivations. Individually, these studies yielded the result that justified aggression remains stable over time, but that unjustified aggression decreases when an individual is given multiple opportunities. Combined, they indicated that justified aggression increased when participants had a second opportunity. Future research is proposed to understand the impact of moral licensing on aggression over time, and to understand why unjustified aggression occurs. 2016-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/642 http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1677&context=etd UNF Theses and Dissertations UNF Digital Commons Thesis University of North Florida UNF Dissertations Academic -- UNF -- Psychology Dissertations Academic -- UNF -- Master of Arts in General Psychology aggression aggressive behavior aggressive thoughts aggressive motivations revenge moral licensing Experimental Analysis of Behavior Personality and Social Contexts
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University of North Florida
UNF
Dissertations
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Academic -- UNF -- Master of Arts in General Psychology
aggression
aggressive behavior
aggressive thoughts
aggressive motivations
revenge
moral licensing
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Personality and Social Contexts
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University of North Florida
UNF
Dissertations
Academic -- UNF -- Psychology
Dissertations
Academic -- UNF -- Master of Arts in General Psychology
aggression
aggressive behavior
aggressive thoughts
aggressive motivations
revenge
moral licensing
Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Personality and Social Contexts
Hull, Kristen Nicole
The Impact of Multiple Opportunities for Aggression on Aggressive Thoughts, Behaviors, and Motivations
description Opportunities for aggression occur frequently and unpredictably, but little research to our knowledge has investigated the impact of the mere presence of multiple opportunities on aggression over time. Two studies, one with a Canadian sample (163 participants) and one with an American sample (103 participants) were conducted to analyze the impact of the number of opportunities for aggression on justified and unjustified aggressive thoughts, behaviors, and motivations. Individually, these studies yielded the result that justified aggression remains stable over time, but that unjustified aggression decreases when an individual is given multiple opportunities. Combined, they indicated that justified aggression increased when participants had a second opportunity. Future research is proposed to understand the impact of moral licensing on aggression over time, and to understand why unjustified aggression occurs.
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title_short The Impact of Multiple Opportunities for Aggression on Aggressive Thoughts, Behaviors, and Motivations
title_full The Impact of Multiple Opportunities for Aggression on Aggressive Thoughts, Behaviors, and Motivations
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