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Murder most foul: Predictors of an affirmative response to an outrageous question
Author(s) -
Russell Gordon W.,
Baenninger Ronald
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2337(1996)22:3<175::aid-ab2>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - irritability , psychology , suicide prevention , anonymity , poison control , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , human factors and ergonomics , social psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , medical emergency , anxiety , law , political science , pathology
Male and female students (N = 761) attending university in Canada and the U.S. were asked if they would personally kill someone they knew and thoroughly hated under conditions of anonymity. Among Canadian subjects, males, those who were not religious, foreign students and those scoring high on irritation or assaultive tendencies were most likely to endorse the “murder” item. Among U.S. subjects, only irritability was a significant predictor of the criterion item. The results were discussed in terms of their methodological implications. © Wiley‐Liss, Inc.