Open AccessAdolescents’ appraisal of responses to problem situations and their relation to aggression and nonviolent behavior.
Author(s) -
Albert D. Farrell,
Amie F. Bettencourt
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychology of violence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.346
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2152-0828
pISSN - 2152-081X
DOI - 10.1037/vio0000261
Subject(s) - psychology , aggression , poison control , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , population , developmental psychology , suicide prevention , clinical psychology , social psychology , medicine , demography , environmental health , sociology
This study investigated adolescents' appraisals of responses to problematic situations and their relations to behavioral intentions for aggressive and nonviolent behavior. A key question was whether ratings of effective and ineffective nonviolent responses and aggressive responses reflect distinct constructs or opposite ends of a single dimension.