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{"title":"The Role of Poor Sleep Quality and Disrupted Social Bonds in Stress-Fueled Aggressive Behavior: A Mixed-Methods Analysis","authors":"Shengsheng Lai,&nbsp;Spencer D. Li,&nbsp;Yao Huang,&nbsp;Liyu Chen","doi":"10.1002/ab.70048","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ab.70048","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Although previous research has examined the impact of stress on aggressive behavior, the underlying mechanisms remain insufficiently understood. In particular, the mediating roles of sleep quality and social bonds have received limited attention within the context of Chinese society. Drawing on data from 2140 Chinese high school seniors, this study investigates the relationships between stress, sleep quality, social bonds, and aggressive behavior. The results revealed significant associations: stress positively correlated with aggressive behavior and negatively with sleep quality and social bonds, while sleep quality and social bonds were negatively related. Moreover, multiple mediation analyses demonstrated that stress predicted aggression both directly and indirectly through the mediating effects of sleep quality and social bonds. These relationships remained significant after controlling for demographic variables. To further validate these findings, qualitative interviews were conducted until data saturation was reached, reinforcing the proposed mediation pathways and offering deeper insights into the mechanisms involved. The findings are consistent with general strain theory and social bond theory, suggesting that elevated stress and weakened social bonds, either directly or indirectly, contribute to delinquent behavior such as aggression. This study extends existing theoretical frameworks by emphasizing the pivotal mediating roles of sleep quality and social bonds and offers practical implications for reducing adolescent aggression. Furthermore, these research results underscore the importance of targeted interventions aimed at improving sleep quality and strengthening social bonds to mitigate the negative effects of stress on adolescent mental health and behavior.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50842,"journal":{"name":"Aggressive Behavior","volume":"51 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145126551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Who Considers Terrorism Justifiable? A Machine Learning Analysis Across 65 Countries","authors":"Mohsen Joshanloo","doi":"10.1002/ab.70049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.70049","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study applied Random Forest analysis to analyze 360 potential predictors of terrorism justification using data from the World Values Survey across 65 countries. Contrary to narratives that focus exclusively on religious extremism, the findings indicate that terrorism justification is more strongly associated with a worldview characterized by moral flexibility, antisocial values, and anti-democratic sentiment. An analysis of the top predictors revealed three overarching domains: (1) Normalization of Violence, where support for terrorism is closely linked to broader acceptance of aggression in political, interpersonal, and domestic contexts; (2) Moral Flexibility and Rule Violation, where individuals who justify terrorism also endorse dishonest behaviors such as bribery, theft, and fraud; and (3) Religious and Political Authoritarianism, characterized by support for governance based on religious authority and skepticism toward democratic institutions. These findings underscore the need for counter-radicalization strategies that address moral disengagement, promote democratic values, and strengthen trust in democratic governance.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50842,"journal":{"name":"Aggressive Behavior","volume":"51 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145111005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Young Adults' Social Relationships Affect Their Likelihood of Ruminating About Past School-Age Victimization","authors":"Sarah T. Malamut,&nbsp;Christina Salmivalli","doi":"10.1002/ab.70050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.70050","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Rumination about past victimization as an adult underlies the link between school-age victimization and mental health difficulties in young adulthood. Yet, there is a lack of knowledge regarding the risk factors for adults to ruminate on their past victimization experiences. The current study fills this gap by examining whether current social relationships (e.g., workplace victimization, loneliness, romantic relationship satisfaction) of young adults play a role in rumination (as an adult) on past victimization. This preregistered study uses longitudinal data from 1772 Finnish individuals (<i>M</i>_age = 26.04, SD = 1.57), who were part of a large longitudinal project when they were in Grades 4–9, with a follow-up study conducted over a decade later. Workplace victimization and loneliness in adulthood emerged as key predictors of rumination in adulthood about past victimization. The findings suggest that current adult social relationships are a risk factor for previously victimized individuals to dwell on their victimization as adults, regardless of the extent to which they were victimized in adolescence.</p>","PeriodicalId":50842,"journal":{"name":"Aggressive Behavior","volume":"51 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ab.70050","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145111006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Child-Invested Contingent Self-Esteem, Emotional Dysregulation, and Parental Maltreatment: An Actor–Partner Interdependence Model Among Chinese Parents","authors":"Jinrong Li,&nbsp;Wan Ding,&nbsp;Hongqing Yao,&nbsp;Teng Chen,&nbsp;Weijian Li,&nbsp;Ruibo Xie","doi":"10.1002/ab.70047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.70047","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Parental maltreatment has profound and severe negative effects on children's physical and mental development, as well as on family functioning and stability. Although the existing literature extensively investigates the mechanisms underlying parental maltreatment, the interdependence of parental behaviors and the unique role of cultural context—specifically, the potential influence of parental self-esteem on maltreatment behavior within the Chinese cultural framework—remain underexplored. Therefore, this study utilized a longitudinal Actor–Partner Interdependence Mediation Model (APIMeM) to track 627 pairs of parents of fourth-grade elementary school students (fathers: M_age = 35.06 years, SD = 5.80; mothers: M_age = 33.09 years, SD = 5.89) over a 2-year period with three assessments. The aim was to examine the relationship between Child-Invested Contingent Self-Esteem (CCSE) and parental maltreatment, and to explore the potential mediating role of emotional dysregulation. The results indicated that parental CCSE significantly predicted their own maltreatment behaviors and directly predict their partner's maltreatment behaviors. Emotional dysregulation mediated the relationship between CCSE and parental maltreatment: parents' CCSE influenced their partner's emotional dysregulation, which in turn affected their own maltreatment behaviors. Simultaneously, parents' CCSE influenced their own emotional dysregulation, which indirectly affected their partner's maltreatment behaviors. This study provides a novel understanding of the mechanisms underlying parental maltreatment from the perspectives of CCSE and emotional dysregulation, highlighting the key role of parental interaction patterns and emotional transmission in the occurrence of family violence. These findings offer empirical support for the development of effective parental maltreatment prevention and intervention strategies that are culturally tailored to the Chinese context.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50842,"journal":{"name":"Aggressive Behavior","volume":"51 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144858561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Discordant and Concordant Heavy Drinking and Other Drug Use Patterns and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration","authors":"Julia F. Hammett,&nbsp;Cynthia A. Stappenbeck,&nbsp;Dominic J. Parrott,&nbsp;Konrad Bresin,&nbsp;Sabrina J. Bothwell,&nbsp;Christopher I. Eckhardt","doi":"10.1002/ab.70046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.70046","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Heavy drinking couples in which one (i.e., discordant heavy drinking) or both (i.e., concordant heavy drinking) partners drink alcohol heavily are at greater risk for intimate partner violence (IPV) than couples in which neither partner drinks heavily (i.e., concordant nonheavy drinking). Additionally, the risk for IPV is particularly high among discordant as compared to concordant heavy drinking couples. Despite the fact that individuals who drink heavily often also use other drugs, the extent to which couples' use of other drugs interacts with heavy drinking patterns remains unknown. The current study examined differences in psychological and physical IPV perpetration as a function of couples' heavy drinking and other drug use patterns. The sample included 337 couples in which at least one partner reported a history of heavy drinking and IPV in the current relationship. Results of dyadic path models showed that concordant drug using couples who engaged in either discordant or concordant heavy drinking were at greater risk for male- and female-perpetrated psychological IPV compared to concordant nondrug using couples (regardless of heavy drinking) and concordant nonheavy drinking couples (regardless of drug use). Associations between heavy drinking and other drug use patterns on physical IPV perpetration were not statistically significant. These findings show that a pattern of concordant drug use paired with discordant or concordant heavy drinking places couples at particularly high risk for psychological IPV. Clinicians working with couples affected by IPV may benefit from paying attention to the dyadic dynamics of heavy drinking, other drug use, and IPV.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50842,"journal":{"name":"Aggressive Behavior","volume":"51 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144811199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Low Power and High Psychopathy: A Toxic Combination for Psychological Aggression","authors":"Robert Körner,&nbsp;Astrid Schütz,&nbsp;Brad J. Bushman","doi":"10.1002/ab.70045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.70045","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Power and aggression are core relational variables that share a fickle relationship. It is unclear whether high or low power relates to psychological aggression and under which circumstances. We tested psychopathy as a potential moderator in the power-aggression link because psychopathy is characterized by a lack of empathy and shallow emotional response. Psychopathy could strengthen the link between high power and psychological aggression because power ignites character traits and their corresponding behavior. Alternatively, psychopathy could strengthen the link between low power and psychological aggression because individuals high in psychopathy may attempt to compensate for their lack of power with aggression. We tested these competing hypotheses in a romantic context across two studies (<i>N</i>₁ = 188 individuals, <i>N</i>₂ = 226 couples). We found power to be negatively related to both actors' and partners' psychological aggression. Supporting the latter hypothesis, we found that the most psychologically aggressive people had low power and high psychopathy. In addition, people reported high psychological aggression when their <i>partners</i> were low in power and high in psychopathy. These findings advance existing power theories and research by highlighting how personality traits such as psychopathy affect both intra- and interpersonal links to psychological aggression.</p>","PeriodicalId":50842,"journal":{"name":"Aggressive Behavior","volume":"51 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ab.70045","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144782306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Manipulation of Attention Allocation to Social Stimuli: Effects on Ambiguous Provocation Interpretation and Anger Responses","authors":"Laura Vogel,&nbsp;Robert D. Gordon,&nbsp;Laura E. Stanley,&nbsp;Wendy Troop-Gordon","doi":"10.1002/ab.70044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.70044","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Previous research has implicated delayed visual attention to relevant social cues as characteristic of aggressive youth and adults, suggesting that aggression may, in part, result from utilizing hostile schemas rather than available social information when interpreting ambiguous events. The current study used a manipulation-of-attention task to test the causal role of attentional biases in children's appraisal of ambiguous provocations. Sixty-six 4th- through 7th-grade children (30 boys; <i>M</i>_age = 11.5 years) viewed video clips of ambiguous provocation after being cued to maintain visual attention on either the provocateur or victim and answered questions measuring hostile intent attribution and expected anger of the victim. Data were also collected regarding the children's aggressive behavior and peer victimization. Results showed that directing attention to the provocateur when watching scenes of ambiguous physical provocation led to less hostile interpretations and lower anger scores, as compared to when attention was directed to the victim. Additional analyses suggested that this effect was specific to children who were high in physical peer victimization, particularly when they were also high in reactive aggression. This study has important implications for understanding how automatic processing of information contributes to the development of anger and aggression.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50842,"journal":{"name":"Aggressive Behavior","volume":"51 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144647393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Zooming in on Early Aggression: A Cross-Cultural and Developmental Study of Youth in the United States and Aotearoa New Zealand","authors":"Cara S. Swit,&nbsp;Paula J. Fite,&nbsp;Seth C. Harty","doi":"10.1002/ab.70043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.70043","url":null,"abstract":"<p>There is ample evidence supporting developmental differences in overall rates of both physical and relational aggression. However, research evaluating developmental trends in specific acts of aggression across measures is limited, particularly in early childhood. A better understanding of what specific acts of aggression are more common in early childhood could inform assessment and identify specific behavioral targets for early prevention and intervention efforts. The current study advances extant literature by examining teacher reported rates of specific acts of aggression in samples of early childhood youth from United States and Aotearoa New Zealand. Specifically, in the U.S. sample (<i>N</i> = 322, 56.5% male), differences in rates in specific acts of physical and relational aggression (and gender differences) were compared across preschool, kindergarten, and first grade. To further evaluate specific acts of aggression in early childhood, the New Zealand sample (<i>N</i> = 200, 51.5% male) examined age differences in preschoolers (2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds) on acts of aggression delineated by both form (physical and relational) and function (proactive and reactive) as well as gender differences. Utilizing different measures, findings indicated that while acts of aggression that require more cognitive and verbal skills occurred at high rates among older youth, overall, percentages of physical aggression were consistent across ages/grade in both early childhood samples. Boys exhibited higher percentages of physical aggression than girls, as expected. However, gender differences in relational aggression were not consistent across the samples. Data from both countries support the importance of examining specific acts of aggression.</p>","PeriodicalId":50842,"journal":{"name":"Aggressive Behavior","volume":"51 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ab.70043","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144573463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Path to Driving Aggression and Crash Risk: The Role of Metacognition and Anger Rumination in Anger Expression Among Chinese Drivers","authors":"Chenzhao Zhai,&nbsp;İbrahim Öztürk","doi":"10.1002/ab.70041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.70041","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;Driving anger and aggressive anger expression are prevalent in China, leading to road crashes. While potential associations between metacognitive beliefs about worry and control, anger rumination, and anger expression have been reported, limited research focuses on these relationships within the context of driving anger. This study aims to examine the associations between metacognition, anger rumination, driving-related anger (trait driving anger and aggressive anger expression) and crash risk (traffic penalty points and crash involvement), along with testing the psychometric properties of the Measure for Angry Drivers (MAD) among Chinese drivers. Participants (&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;math&gt;\u0000 &lt;semantics&gt;\u0000 &lt;mrow&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;mrow&gt;\u0000 &lt;mrow&gt;\u0000 &lt;msub&gt;\u0000 &lt;mi&gt;M&lt;/mi&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;mrow&gt;\u0000 &lt;mi&gt;a&lt;/mi&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;mi&gt;g&lt;/mi&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;mi&gt;e&lt;/mi&gt;\u0000 &lt;/mrow&gt;\u0000 &lt;/msub&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;mo&gt; &lt;/mo&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;mn&gt;32.31&lt;/mn&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;mo&gt;,&lt;/mo&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;mo&gt; &lt;/mo&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;mi&gt;S&lt;/mi&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;mi&gt;D&lt;/mi&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;mn&gt;6.1&lt;/mn&gt;\u0000 &lt;/mrow&gt;\u0000 &lt;/mrow&gt;\u0000 &lt;/mrow&gt;\u0000 &lt;annotation&gt; ${M}_{age} =32.31, SD=6.1$&lt;/annotation&gt;\u0000 &lt;/semantics&gt;&lt;/math&gt;) completed the MAD, the short form of the Metacognition Questionnaire (MCQ-30), the Anger Rumination Scale (ARS), the short version of the Driving Anger Expression Inventory (DAX), and several questions related to their demographic background, traffic violations and crash involvements. A three-factor structure comprising 23 items of MAD was confirmed (Danger posed by others, Travel delays and Aggression from others), demonstrating good reliability, convergent validity, and criterion validity. Additionally, drivers who were involved in crashes in the past 3 years reported higher total MAD scores. The structural model revealed that trait driving anger influenced anger rumination both directly and indirectly through increased maladaptive metacognitive beliefs. Also, trait driving anger and anger rumination jointly contributed to aggressive anger expression, which in turn significantly predicted crash risk. The current findings demonstrate that the Chines","PeriodicalId":50842,"journal":{"name":"Aggressive Behavior","volume":"51 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ab.70041","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144524598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Question of Violent Video Games and Aggression: Testing Statistical and Methodological Issues of Null Effects Using Data From an Open-Access Case Study","authors":"Andreas Miles-Novelo,&nbsp;Craig A. Anderson","doi":"10.1002/ab.70042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.70042","url":null,"abstract":"<p>While numerous meta-analyses, reviews, and task forces from various scientific bodies have linked violent media use to aggression, some studies report null effects and claim that such a relationship is non-existent. Several scholars have noted that potential methodological and statistical errors could explain failures to replicate these effects. One recent failure to replicate established violent video game effects (Przybylski and Weinstein 2019) has made its data set publicly available, thereby offering a unique opportunity to examine the hypothesis that methodological and statistical problems underlie some replication failures. The present study re-examined the original results from Przybylski and Weinstein (2019) using more appropriate analyses and replicated those results with recalculated, corrected, and more theoretically appropriate variables. The first part examines issues within the original study, including problems with the measure used to assess aggression, statistical control, and the measurement of exposure to video game violence (VGV). The second part created a more standard measure of VGV exposure to test whether the null result stemmed from this measurement issue. Overall, results demonstrate that conceptual misunderstandings of aggression, poor measures regarding both aggression and video game violence exposure, and inappropriate statistical procedures contributed to the initially reported null results. Furthermore, by using improved materials (including a more sophisticated coding scheme to assess exposure to violent video games) and sound statistical analysis (correcting for overcontrol), the data replicate the long-established relationship between playing violent video games and aggressive behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":50842,"journal":{"name":"Aggressive Behavior","volume":"51 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ab.70042","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144292763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}