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Negative urgency and emotion regulation strategy use: Associations with displaced aggression
Author(s) -
Scott Jillian Panuzio,
DiLillo David,
Maldonado Rosalita C.,
Watkins Laura E.
Publication year - 2015
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/ab.21588
Subject(s) - aggression , psychology , poison control , mood , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , developmental psychology , suicide prevention , intervention (counseling) , interpersonal communication , expressive suppression , cognitive reappraisal , clinical psychology , cognition , social psychology , psychiatry , medicine , medical emergency
The numerous public health consequences of interpersonal aggression highlight the necessity of a comprehensive understanding of factors influencing its perpetration. This study examined direct and interactive associations between negative urgency and emotion regulation strategy use in predicting displaced aggression under conditions of negative mood. Participants were 197 male and female undergraduate students who were randomly assigned to employ either cognitive reappraisal or expressive suppression in response to a negative mood induction. Immediately afterwards, participants engaged in an analog displaced aggression task. Results revealed direct, positive associations between negative urgency and aggression. In addition, the use of suppression was associated with greater aggression than was the use of reappraisal alone. Counter to the hypothesis, there were no interactive effects between negative urgency and emotion regulation strategy use in predicting aggression. Findings suggest reducing negative urgency and use of suppression as potential intervention targets for individuals who engage in aggressive behavior. Aggr. Behav. 41:502–512, 2015. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.