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Relations between forms and functions of aggression and moral judgments of aggressive transgressions
Author(s) -
Hart Emily J.,
Ostrov Jamie M.
Publication year - 2020
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.21883
Subject(s) - aggression , psychology , psychopathy , conceptualization , developmental psychology , poison control , social psychology , hostility , personality , medicine , medical emergency , artificial intelligence , computer science
Abstract The present study sought to examine the influence of aggressive behavior, psychopathy, and gender on moral judgments of aggressive transgressions. A two‐dimensional conceptualization of aggression was used, such that proactive relational aggression, reactive relational aggression, proactive physical aggression, and reactive physical aggression were treated as distinct subtypes of aggression and also as distinct subtypes of moral judgments of aggression. Participants were 421 emerging adults (215 women). Self‐report measures of aggression, psychopathy, and moral judgments were collected. Peer‐reports of aggression and psychopathy were obtained from a randomly assigned subsample of 73 participants (46 women) for validity purposes. Unique associations were found between subtypes of aggression and corresponding moral judgments of the same subtypes.