Description
Book SynopsisProvides a broad-based and multidisciplinary analysis of aggression and violence, their negative consequences, and promising interventions.
Table of ContentsContributors
Preface
Introduction
—Phillip R. Shaver and Mario Mikulincer
I. Major Theoretical Perspectives
- The General Aggression Model
—C. Nathan DeWall and Craig A. Anderson
- I3 Theory: Instigating, Impelling, and Inhibiting Factors in Aggression
—Erica B. Slotter and Eli J. Finkel
- Applying Adaptationism to Human Anger: The Recalibrational Theory
—Aaron Sell
- A Behavioral Systems Perspective on Power and Aggression
—Phillip R. Shaver, Michal Segev, and Mario Mikulincer
- Dispositional Influences on Human Aggression
—Jennifer L. Tackett and Robert F. Krueger
- A Social Neuroscience Perspective on the Neurobiological Bases of Aggression
—Thomas F. Denson
II. Genetic and Environmental Determinants
- The Transmission of Aggressiveness Across Generations: Biological, Contextual, and Social Learning Processes
—L. Rowell Huesmann, Eric F. Dubow, and Paul Boxer
- Genetic and Environmental Influences on Aggression
—Soo Hyun Rhee and Irwin D. Waldman
- Social Information Processing Patterns as Mediators of the Interaction Between Genetic Factors and Life Experiences in the Development of Aggressive Behavior
—Kenneth A. Dodge
- Violence and Character: A CuPS (Culture × Person × Situation) Perspective
—Dov Cohen and Angela K.-y. Leung
III. Psychological and Relational Processes
- Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Who's the Most Aggressive of Them All? Narcissism, Self-Esteem, and Aggression
—Sander Thomaes and Brad J. Bushman
- Evolved Mechanisms for Revenge and Forgiveness
—Michael McCullough, Robert Kurzban, and Benjamin A. Tabak
- Attachment, Anger, and Aggression
—Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver
- Attachment and Violence: An Anger Born of Fear
—Donald G. Dutton
- Respecting Others and Being Respected Can Reduce Aggression in Parent–Child Relations and in Schools
—Ofra Mayseless and Miri Scharf
IV. Aggression at the Societal Level
- An Existential Perspective on Violent Solutions to Ethno–Political Conflict
—Gilad Hirschberger and Tom Pyszczynski
- The Emotional Roots of Intergroup Aggression: The Distinct Role of Anger and Hatred
—Eran Halperin
- Tension and Harmony in Intergroup Relations
—Tamar Saguy, Nicole Tausch, John F. Dovidio, Felicia Pratto, and Purnima Singh
V. Consequences of Aggression: The Victim Perspective
- Influence of Violence and Aggression on Children's Psychological Development: Trauma, Attachment, and Memory
—Sheree L. Toth, LaTonya S. Harris, Gail S. Goodman, and Dante Cicchetti
- The Paradox of Partner Aggression: Being Committed to an Aggressive Partner
—Ximena B. Arriaga and Nicole M. Capezza
- The Psychological Toll of Exposure to Political Violence: The Israeli Experience
—Zahava Solomon and Karni Ginzburg
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