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Toward a social psychological profile of would‐be rioters
Author(s) -
Russell Gordon W.,
Arms Robert L.
Publication year - 1998
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(1998)24:3<219::aid-ab6>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - psychology , sensation seeking , anger , impulsivity , aggression , anticipation (artificial intelligence) , poison control , psychopathy , attendance , clinical psychology , social psychology , personality , medicine , medical emergency , artificial intelligence , computer science , economics , economic growth
Male ice hockey fans (N = 78) completed a battery of biographical, social, cognitive, and individual differences measures that had previously been administered piecemeal to spectators found in attendance at games. Participants' self‐reported likelihood of joining in a crowd disturbance served as the dependent measure. The individual differences measures included physical aggression, anger, impulsivity, psychopathy, sensation seeking, and public self‐consciousness. All but public self‐consciousness was positively related to subjects' likelihood of escalating a disturbance. Participants' age, number of accompanying males, the false consensus effect, number and recency of fights, and attending in anticipation of watching player fights were also related to the dependent measure. A multiple regression analysis yielded a multiple R = .807, accounting for 65% of the variance. The time since the participant was last in a fight and liking to watch player fights emerged as significant predictors. Aggr. Behav. 24:219–226, 1998. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.