Anthropological perspectives on aggression: Sex differences and cultural variation

Fry, Douglas P.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1098-2337(1998)24:2<81::aid-ab1>3.0.co;2-v

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“…Behavioral findings and criminological statistics show that physical aggression is both more frequent and more severe among males than among females, at least in Western societies. In fact, as anthropological studies have shown [Cook, 1992;Fry, 1988;, this is not a universal truth and does not hold for all cultures.…”

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“…This suggests a sharing of standards of approval in different cultures. From an anthropological perspective, Fry [1988] has suggested an intercultural variation in aggression from nonaggressive to highly violent societies, although, as Silverman and Gray [1994] suggested, rather than polarizing societies as either violent or nonviolent types, it is perhaps more realistic to view societies as scalable along a continuum ranging from violent to peaceful. Archer et al [1995b] suggested that further research is required to assess the extent of the importance of the applicability of different scales to samples of different ages, sexes, and subcultures and societies.…”

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Cultural and sex differences in aggression: A comparison between Japanese and Spanish students using two different inventories

Ramírez

Andreu

Fujihara

2001

Aggressive Behavior

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Two self-report inventories developed to assess different dimensions of aggression, the Aggression Questionnaire and the EXPAGG, were administered to a sample (N = 400) of men and women undergraduates in two Japanese and Spanish universities. The factor structure of scales was assessed using exploratory factor analysis. Both questionnaires showed high correlations between their respective scales. In both cultures, males reported more physical aggression, verbal aggression, and hostility as well as higher instrumental beliefs, whereas females reported more expressive representation than males. Japanese students reported more physical aggression than their Spanish counterparts, who reported more verbal aggression, hostility, and anger and more expressive representation of aggression. Aggr. Behav. 27:313-322, 2001.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Cultural and sex differences in aggression: A comparison between Japanese and Spanish students using two different inventories

Ramírez

Andreu

Fujihara

2001

Aggressive Behavior

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“…Earlier research has demonstrated national differences in the mean levels of aggression among youths and adults [Bergeron and Schneider, 2005;Crystal et al, 1994;French et al, 2002;Forbes et al, 2009;Fry, 1998;Ramirez et al, 2001]. For instance, Chinese adolescents scored lower on aggressive feelings than their American counterparts [Crystal et al, 1994].…”

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Individualism, collectivism, and Chinese adolescents' aggression: intracultural variations

Wang

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Aggressive Behavior

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This study examined the relations between cultural values (i.e., individualism and collectivism) and aggression among 460 (234 girls) Chinese adolescents. Conflict level and social status insecurity were examined as potential explaining mechanisms for these relations. The results showed that adolescents' endorsement of collectivism was negatively related to their use of overt and relational aggression as reported by teachers and peers, whereas positive associations were found between the endorsement of individualism and adolescent aggression. Adolescents' conflict level and social status insecurity accounted for a significant part of these associations. Findings of this study demonstrate the importance of examining intracultural variations of cultural values in relation to adolescent aggression as well as the process variables in explaining the relations.

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“…In the case of recommending a marketing plan to an unfair boss, females have higher acceptance of retaliation when respondents have passive means to harm others -consistent with the research cited above on gender and aggression (Fry 1998). More men than women will harm the boss if the choices are to recommend a plan that makes the boss look good or to that makes others look good (51% versus 39%, difference significant p < .05).…”

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When is Employee Retaliation Acceptable at Work? Evidence from Quasi- Experiments

Charness

Levine

2004

SSRN Journal

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. The Fairness Study Team at U.C. Berkeley collected the data and added many important ideas. We had a number of discussions with friends and acquaintances about their own misbehavior at work. We specifically thank Miriam Dornstein, Vicki Elliot, Seth Fragomen, Nicole Gerardi, Christopher Kutz, Phil Tetlock, and seminar participants at UCLA for fruitful discussions. In mentioning them here, we in no way mean to implicate them in specific acts of sabotage. Data and programs are available on request. 1 WHEN IS RETALIATION ACCEPTABLE AT WORK? EVIDENCE FROM QUASI-EXPERIMENTS Abstract:When is employee retaliation acceptable in the workplace? We use a quasiexperimental design to study the acceptability of several forms of retaliatory behavior at work, gathering data in this untested area. Consistent with hypotheses from theories of fairness, we find that employee retaliation in the workplace is perceived to be more acceptable if it is an act of omission instead of an act of commission. We do not find that a more damaging retaliatory act is significantly less acceptable than a less damaging one, suggesting a qualitative rather than a quantitative relationship. We also found individual differences: Respondents who are older, female, politically conservative, and managers typically show less tolerance for retaliation, while union members are a bit more accepting than average.

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Anthropological perspectives on aggression: Sex differences and cultural variation

Cited by 43 publications

References 41 publications

Cultural and sex differences in aggression: A comparison between Japanese and Spanish students using two different inventories

Cultural and sex differences in aggression: A comparison between Japanese and Spanish students using two different inventories

Individualism, collectivism, and Chinese adolescents' aggression: intracultural variations

When is Employee Retaliation Acceptable at Work? Evidence from Quasi- Experiments

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