Aggression and Violent Behavior最新文献

{"title":"A longitudinal study on timing, type, and frequency of violence victimization and preterm birth","authors":"Diksha Sapkota ,&nbsp;James Ogilvie ,&nbsp;Carleen Thompson ,&nbsp;Aydan Kuluk ,&nbsp;Susan Dennison ,&nbsp;Kathleen Baird","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2026.102156","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avb.2026.102156","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Exposure to violence is a well-established risk factor for preterm birth (PTB), but the impact of the types, timing, and frequency of violence remains unclear. Research often dichotomizes violence exposure as ever/never and relies on self-reports.</div><div>We aimed to examine the impact of different violence victimization experiences on PTB utilizing linked administrative data for a birth cohort.</div><div>Data from a 1990 Queensland birth cohort of 22,039 females were analyzed. Data on PTB and mental disorders were drawn from inpatient health records and violence experiences from Child Protection Services and Domestic Violence Orders records. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the association between violence experiences and PTB.</div><div>Out of 22,039 females, 4150 (18.8%) were registered as having at least one child, of which 11.1% (<em>n</em> = 460) had at least one PTB. Mothers identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and teenage mothers were at increased risk of having PTB. Experiencing violence for the first time within one-year before childbirth, being victimized both during childhood and adulthood, experiencing childhood neglect, or domestic violence during adulthood, and experiencing multiple episodes of victimization, were significantly associated with the risk of PTB.</div><div>This study expands upon existing evidence on the association between violence exposure and PTB by exploring different aspects of violence victimization. It calls attention to an urgent need for early interventions to address childhood maltreatment and provide ongoing support to prevent violence during adulthood, particularly during the prenatal period, for reducing PTB.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":"88 ","pages":"Article 102156"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147858751","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":"Typologies of men who perpetrate intimate partner violence: A 50-year systematic review","authors":"Crystal J. Giesbrecht ,&nbsp;Leslie Anne Keown ,&nbsp;Kaila C. Bruer","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2026.102157","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avb.2026.102157","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Since the 1970s, researchers have sought to classify perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) into typologies. This article presents the first systematic review of all studies of typologies of men who perpetrated IPV, including those that developed new typologies or classified perpetrators according to typologies derived from previous studies. The review aimed to synthesize the literature by examining how extensively different typologies have been studied, how frequently each perpetrator type appears across the literature, and what methods and measures have been used to identify and compare these types. The systematic review included empirical, rational/deductive, and theoretical typology studies. The review included 190 typologies from 186 unique studies reported in 215 articles published between 1974 and 2024. Typologies included in the systematic review were grouped according to nine types: 1) family-only and generally violent; 2) family-only, generally violent, and borderline/dysphoric; 3) family-only, generally violent, low-level antisocial, and borderline/dysphoric; 4) severity and frequency of violence; 5) reactive and instrumental, 6) situational couple violence and coercive control; 7) personality types; 8) other typologies; and 9) perpetrators of intimate partner femicide. This systematic review presents an overview of methods and measures that have been used to derive typologies and compare types; samples used in typology research; the number of studies published for each kind of typology; characteristics of types; and the proportion of each perpetrator type in the extant literature. Similarities and potential overlap between types identified in the systematic review are discussed. Future directions for IPV typology research are also discussed. Tables summarizing empirical, rational/deductive, and theoretical typologies for the nine types are available in Supplemental Material.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":"88 ","pages":"Article 102157"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147858750","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":"The relationship between parental control and children's aggressive behavior: A three-level meta-analysis","authors":"Kaiwen Chen, Yingkai Yang, Jingjin Shao, Zhi Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2026.102155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2026.102155","url":null,"abstract":"At present, aggressive behavior is widely recognized as a significant public safety and health issue, and has been proven to adversely affect children's and adolescents' academic performance, mental health, and social adaptation. Therefore, the exploration of its risk factors has become a focus for researchers. Among them, parental control, as a common parenting style, has long been the focus of global researchers on its association with children's aggressive behavior. Throughout previous studies, numerous researchers have actively explored the relationship between parental control and children's aggressive behavior. However, due to various factors such as sample characteristics, research methods, and contexts, studies have yet to reach a consistent conclusion. To address the above dilemma, this study will use three-level meta-analysis to explore the relationship between parental control and children's aggressive behavior, and to examine a series of potential moderating factors. Firstly, relevant literature was searched in Web of Science, PubMed, and Pro Quest databases. Then, two authors independently reviewed and encoded the retrieved literature, and reached consensus. Finally, the current meta-analysis included a total of 100 studies (895 effect sizes), comprising 73,449 children and adolescents. The results show that parental control is significantly positively correlated with children's aggressive behavior, and there is no significant publication bias in the current obtained results. Moderator analyses revealed that the children's gender, academic stage, cultural background, variable types, measurement scales, and reporting methods significantly moderate the relationship between the two variables.","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":"144 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147752785","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":"The neurochemistry of conduct disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and psychopathy- current evidence and future directions","authors":"John Tully, Eleanor Hind","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2026.102144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2026.102144","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147448474","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":"Ecological factors and adolescent bullying involvement: A systematic review","authors":"Ann H. Farrell ,&nbsp;Kayla Lewis ,&nbsp;Mollie J. Eriksson ,&nbsp;Tracy Vaillancourt","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2025.102123","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avb.2025.102123","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The ecological framework is commonly used to investigate factors that contribute to adolescent bullying. However, much of this research has focused on individual characteristics and immediate social settings rather than distal environments, structures, and norms. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review of empirical quantitative studies on adolescent bullying involvement that applied the ecological framework to examine the factors measured in these studies (i.e., individual, social, environmental) and the ecological systems reflected by these factors (i.e., microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, chronosystem). Five databases (MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, Web of Science, ERIC) were searched from January 2012 to December 2024 and 72 studies met our inclusion criteria (registered on PROSPERO: [CRD42023444096]). There were three times as many cross-sectional studies (<em>n</em> = 54) as longitudinal studies (<em>n</em> = 18). Individual and social factors in the microsystem such as demographics, personality, psychological characteristics, family, school, and peer factors were the most prevalent. The next most prevalent factors reflected the macrosystem, such as regional indicators of economic factors and gender equity. Environmental factors in the meso-, exo-, and chrono-systems were the least prevalent. Bullying perpetration and victimization were most frequently examined followed by defending and bystanding. Findings highlight the need for more research on the full range of ecological systems using longitudinal designs to understand how these systems influence one another and various roles in bullying involvement across adolescent development and to help inform effective bullying prevention efforts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":"87 ","pages":"Article 102123"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145796114","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":"Targeting serotonin 5-HT2A receptors in the treatment of aggression: From antipsychotics to psychedelics","authors":"Simona Scheggi ,&nbsp;Giulia Braccagni ,&nbsp;Caterina Branca ,&nbsp;Marco Bortolato","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2026.102139","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avb.2026.102139","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Aggression, anger, and irritability emerge from dysregulated interactions between prefrontal and limbic circuits, with serotonin (5-HT) exerting a central regulatory influence. Among serotonergic targets, the 5-HT_2A receptor has emerged as a key modulator of aggressive behavior. Convergent neuroimaging, postmortem, and preclinical studies consistently implicate heightened prefrontal 5-HT_2A receptor levels in reactive aggression and antisocial behavior.</div><div>In this review, we examine how 5-HT_2A receptor function shapes the pathophysiology of aggression and synthesize the pharmacological evidence that informs its therapeutic relevance. Antagonists at the 5-HT_2A receptor, including atypical antipsychotics, reliably reduce aggression and irritability across a range of neuropsychiatric disorders. By contrast, the effects of 5-HT_2A agonists are more complex. Classic psychedelics have been linked to reduced aggression and improved emotional regulation in several epidemiological and experimental studies, whereas other agonists can heighten irritability or provoke violent behaviors depending on dose, environmental context, and pharmacodynamic properties. These divergent outcomes likely reflect the receptor's intricate molecular architecture, which supports multiple intracellular pathways, ligand-specific signaling biases, heteromeric interactions, and region- and cell-type-specific expression patterns.</div><div>In the final section, we outline the key unresolved questions that emerge from this literature, including how both 5-HT_2A antagonism and agonism can attenuate aggression, whether distinct aggression subtypes rely on different modes of 5-HT_2A signaling, what mechanisms drive selective upregulation of prefrontal 5-HT_2A receptors, and how genetic or epigenetic factors shape receptor function. Clarifying these issues will be essential for developing more precise and mechanistically grounded 5-HT_2A-targeted strategies for pathological aggression.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":"87 ","pages":"Article 102139"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146153281","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":"What we know about child maltreatment perpetrators: A scoping review of research focus and gaps","authors":"J.J. van Gurp (Jip) ,&nbsp;M.V. van Koppen (Vere) ,&nbsp;L.J. (Linda) Schoonmade ,&nbsp;M.J. Vonk (Machteld) ,&nbsp;J.M. Harte (Joke)","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2025.102122","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avb.2025.102122","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This scoping review synthesized the existing research on perpetrators of child maltreatment, with a focus on methodological approaches and the types of risk factors studied. In total 248 studies published between 2007 and 2023 were systematically analyzed. The findings revealed a mismatch between research focus and societal prevalence: child sexual abuse and fatal child maltreatment were disproportionally represented in the literature, despite being among the less common forms of child maltreatment. In contrast, child physical abuse and child neglect, together accounting for the majority of cases in society, were comparatively underexamined. The review also identifies a methodological bias towards individual-level risk factors, such as family history and psychopathology, while broader contextual factors, including socio-economic conditions and cultural norms, were insufficiently explored. These patterns may stem from the greater availability of data from sources such as police and court files. To develop more effective prevention strategies, future research should broaden its scope to include more prevalent forms of child maltreatment and examine structural and environmental influences. This requires diversifying data sources and adopting methodologies that better capture the complexity of parenting environments and the societal conditions under which child maltreatment occurs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":"87 ","pages":"Article 102122"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145813850","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":"Archaeology of aggression: Understanding prehistoric violence through material evidence and emotional contexts","authors":"Milica Mitrović ,&nbsp;Veselin Mitrović","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2026.102135","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avb.2026.102135","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, we explore archaeological evidence of violence in prehistoric contexts, covering the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods (approximately 3 million to 4 thousand years ago), and including ancestral and related species of <em>Homo sapiens</em>. Our study aims to clarify how archaeologists interpret material remains to understand past violent behaviors, shedding light on their causes and reconstructing the social environments in which these acts took place. We also incorporate insights from the emerging field of the archaeology of emotions, investigating the potential to discern emotions related to violent behaviors. We examine archaeological evidence of violent behavior and contemporary understandings of emotions tied to specific forms of aggression. Using analogy not as a direct interpretative tool but as a way to think through possible scenarios, we discuss whether emotions can be identified in prehistoric violent contexts. Key topics include the earliest signs of interpersonal violence among early hominins, later intergroup conflicts, violence against animals, and aggressive acts such as the destruction of physical objects. All evidence is analyzed cross-culturally and from the perspective of various disciplines.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":"87 ","pages":"Article 102135"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146032974","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":"Reduced cortical thickness in fronto-temporo-parietal regions associated with high psychopathic traits: Conclusions of a review and an empirical study with intimate partner violence perpetrators","authors":"Ángel Romero-Martínez ,&nbsp;María Beser-Robles ,&nbsp;Leonor Cerdá-Alberich ,&nbsp;Fernando Aparici ,&nbsp;Luis Martí-Bonmatí ,&nbsp;Carolina Sarrate-Costa ,&nbsp;Marisol Lila ,&nbsp;Luis Moya-Albiol","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2026.102134","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avb.2026.102134","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>There is a particular interest in establishing the brain correlates of psychopathy, linking variations in thickness and/or volume of specific cortical regions with psychopathic traits, to adequately define this psychological construct. Psychopathy is a risk factor for various forms of violence, including intimate partner violence (IPV). However, little is known about the relationship between cortical thickness and psychopathic traits in men convicted of IPV. Therefore, we initially conducted a review summarizing how variations in thickness or volume of specific cortical regions have been clearly linked to psychopathy. Based on previous conclusions, we assessed the relationship between psychopathic traits (measured using the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised) and the thickness of specific cortical regions in a group of IPV perpetrators and controls (<em>n</em> = 125), controlling potential confounding variables. The second aim was to evaluate whether the association between psychopathy and cortical thickness differed between IPV perpetrators and controls. Our results indicate that, across the entire sample, psychopathic traits were significantly and inversely correlated with thickness in the left orbitofrontal cortex, bilateral superior frontal gyrus, right dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, left insula, and right anterior cingulate. These findings partly support previous research in this field. However, the inclusion of group as a moderating variable in the association between psychopathic traits and cortical thickness did not significantly increase the amount of explained variance. This means that the link between these variables was similar in both groups. This study describes which cortical regions seem to be particularly relevant for psychopathy, which might help forensic practice develop accurate profiles by combining psychological and neuroimaging techniques.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":"87 ","pages":"Article 102134"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146033955","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":"Linking cissexist and heterosexist violence and sexual violence among adolescents and young adults: A scoping review of the quantitative literature","authors":"Alexa Martin-Storey ,&nbsp;Melanie Dirks ,&nbsp;Brett Holfeld ,&nbsp;Wendy Craig ,&nbsp;Geneviève Paquette ,&nbsp;Deinera Exner-Cortens ,&nbsp;Y-Lane Noémie Zaine ,&nbsp;Rachael Morgan","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2026.102138","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avb.2026.102138","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Heterosexist and cissexist violence, as well as sexual violence all are forms of gender-based violence. Focusing on how the victimization and perpetration of these forms of violence are linked can provide theoretical insight into the origins of these types of violence, as well as their function. The objective of this scoping review was to identify quantitative research examining the associations between heterosexist and cissexist violence and sexual violence among adolescents and young adults. We were able to access 40 studies which measured both cissexist and/or heterosexist violence and sexual violence within both general and sexual and gender minority-specific populations. The adolescent literature typically employed general population samples and showed small to moderate cross-sectional links between cissexist and heterosexist violence and sexual violence victimization and perpetration, and small longitudinal links in these same constructs. Among young adults, the first literature identified focused on sexual intimate partner violence among sexual and gender minority individuals and found small or non-significant links between this construct and cissexist and heterosexist and sexual violence. A second literature found weak to strong links between homophobic/transphobic attitudes and sexual violence attitudes and/or behaviours among general samples of young adults. Together, these findings suggest that cissexist and heterosexist violence and sexual violence are linked in complex ways across development, and that interventions may benefit from addressing both forms of violence simultaneously.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":"87 ","pages":"Article 102138"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146152672","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}