Effects of smoking different doses of nicotine on human aggressive behavior

Cherek, Don R.

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“…Um modelo psicofarmacológico experimental para o estudo de agressão em humanos, denominado Point Subtraction Aggression Paradigm (PSAP) (Cherek, 1981), apresenta, entre suas fundamentações empíricas, o modelo de "painaggression" (Miczek, 1987) e é relativamente bem-aceito na comunidade científica como um índice de mensuração em laboratório da agressividade humana (Geniole, MacDonell, & McCormick, no prelo).…”

Section: Análise Do Comportamento "Pain-aggression" E Algumas Repercunclassified

Agressão E Análise Do Comportamento: A História Do Modelo De “Pain-Aggression”

Soares¹,

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2016

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RESUMOOs principais manuais e obras conceituais de Análise do Comportamento (AC) trazem poucas informações sobre os determinantes do comportamento agressivo. Ainda que a AC tenha produzido uma farta literatura de pesquisa básica sobre o assunto, é rara a inclusão desses estudos em trabalhos didáticos e/ou de sistematização. A ausência de tais achados na formação básica dos analistas do comportamento pode ocasionar uma lacuna perigosa para quem deveria ser capaz de lidar com fenômenos comportamentais socialmente relevantes, como a violência. Os objetivos do presente trabalho foram apresentar os resultados fundamentais produzidos pela literatura analítico-comportamental sobre agressão e indicar algumas repercussões teórico-metodológicas na produção científica sobre o tema. Os experimentos de AC voltados à investigação deste fenômeno examinaram diversas características da relação entre dor/estimulação aversiva e comportamento agressivo. Essas investigações, desenvolvidas na década de 1960 por pesquisadores principalmente da área de controle aversivo, culminaram em um modelo animal pioneiro no estudo experimental da agressão: o "pain-aggression". Pesquisadores de inclinação mais naturalística do comportamento agressivo questionaram o status desse modelo como central para a compreensão da agressão. O debate entre vertentes não resultou em conciliação entre as perspectivas. Atualmente, o modelo ainda repercute especialmente na pesquisa psicofarmacológica.Palavras-chave: pain-aggression, comportamento agressivo, controle aversivo, história, análise do comportamento. ABSTRACTThe main handbooks and conceptual works in Behavior Analysis (BA) provide little information on the determinants of aggressive behavior. Even though BA has produced extensively on basic research about the subject, it is rare the inclusion of those studies in didactic and/or systematization works. The absence of such findings in the basic training of behavior analysts may lead to a dangerous gap for those who should be able to deal with socially relevant behavioral phenomena, such as violence. The objectives of the present work were to present the main results produced by the behavior-analytic literature about aggression and indicate some theoretical and methodological repercussions in the scientific production on the subject matter. The BA experiments focused on the investigation of this phenomenon by examining many features of the relation between pain/aversive stimulation and aggressive behavior. These investigations, mainly developed in the 1960s by researchers in the area of aversive control of behavior, culminated in a pioneer animal model in the experimental study of aggression: the "pain-aggression". Researchers with a more naturalistic view of the aggressive behavior questioned the "painaggression" status as a central model for the comprehension of the aggression. The debate between the different views did not resulted in conciliation. Currently, the model still reverberates, especially in the psychopharmacological research.

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Agressão E Análise Do Comportamento: A História Do Modelo De “Pain-Aggression”

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2016

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“…1986;Grunberg, Winders, & Wewers, 1991;Klesges & Klesges, 1988;Klesges, Meyers, Klesges, & La Vasque, 1989). Other smokers indicate that smoking alleviates boredom (Parrott, 1995), reduces anxiety (Pomerleau, Turk, & Fertig, 1984;Gilbert, Robinson, Chamberlin, & Spielberger, 1989;Kassel & Shiffman, 1997), tempers hostility (Cherek, 1981;Cherek, Bennett, & Grabowski, 1991), and generally assists in mood regulation (Parrott, 1995). Further, some smokers report that smoking enhances 6 including environmental as well as psychological factors.…”

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“…In fact, literature II relevant to biologically-mediated individual differences in nicotine's effects indicates that nicotine is the agent responsible for the major reported effects of smoking. Specifically, in empirical studies, nicotine administration decreased body weight in humans and rats (Grunberg, 1982;Winders & Grunberg, 1989), decreased aggression in humans (Cherek, 1981;Cherek et aI., 1991) and in rats (Silvennan, 1971;ScheufeJe, 1997), and altered biochemical and behavioral responses to stress in rats (Benwell & Balfour, 1982;Cam & Bassett, 1983;1984;Sharp, Beyer, Levine, Morley, & McAllen. 1987;Peck, Dilsaver, & McGee, 1991;Acri, 1992Acri, , 1994Takada, Thara, Vrano, & Takada, 1995) and in humans (MacDougall, Musante, Castillo, & Acevedo, 1988;Gilbert, Robinson, Chamberlin, & Spielberger, 1989;Pomerleau & Pomerleau, 1990;Levin, Rose, Behm, & Caskey, 1991;Smits, Temme, & Thien, 1993).…”

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Effects of Nicotine Administration and Stress on Sensory-Gating Depend on Rat Strain and Sex

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1998

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The present experiments investigated effects of nicotine administration, nicotine cessation, and stress (environmental and physical) on the acoustic startle reflex (ASR) and pre-pulse inhibition (ppn of the ASR (measures of sensory-gating) in males and females of two rat strains. Experiment 1 examined effects of nicotine on 192 Long-Evans rats (a non-albino strain) in individual or crowded housing. For males, nicotine increased startle and PPI in the crowded condition but decreased these responses in the individually-housed condition. For females, nicotine reduced ASR and PPI regardless of housing condition. Experiment 2 examined effects of nicotine (0, 6, or 12 mg/kglday) and immobilization (llv1) stress on ASR and PPI of male and female Long-Evans and

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“…In turn, these learned behaviors are generalized to nonsporting contexts and used to obtain external rewards. To illustrate this idea, Huang, Cherek, and Lane (1999) used the Point Subtraction Aggression Paradigm (PSAP; Cherek, 1981) and compared male contact, and noncontact, athletes. Interestingly, it was found that contact athletes were more sensitive to provocation and significantly more likely to respond aggressively by stealing points from their opponents compared to noncontact athletes.…”

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Physiological underarousal as a mechanism of aggressive behavior in university athletes with a history of concussion

2018

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IntroductionResearch has indicated that athletes who engage in high‐risk athletic activities, such as football and hockey, have riskier personalities than their low‐risk and nonathlete counterparts (Ahmadi et al., 2011, Procedia Soc Behav Sci, 30 and 247–251; Zuckerman, 1983, Biological bases of sensation seeking, impulsivity, and anxiety, Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc.). For instance, increased sensation‐seeking and aggression are common in high‐risk athletes, rendering these individuals more likely to sustain a subsequent injury, such as concussion. Elevated levels of certain personality traits, including impulsivity and aggression, have also been observed after concussion (Goswami et al., 2016, Brain Struct Funct, 221 and 1911–1925). The purpose of this study therefore was to determine whether aggressive behavior in university athletes may be accounted for, in part, by a history of concussion, rather than exclusively athletic status.MethodsUsing a quasi‐experimental design, 66 university students (n = 18 nonathletes, n = 24 low‐risk athletes, n = 24 high‐risk athletes) with (n = 27) and without a history of concussion (n = 39) completed the Buss & Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ; Buss & Perry, 1992, J Pers Soc Psychol, 63 and 452) and provided electrodermal activation (EDA) as an index of physiological arousal.ResultsIt was found that decreased physiological arousal among students with a history of concussion was associated with greater endorsement of physical aggression. Moreover, athletic status did not account for this pattern of aggression, as athletes and nonathletes did not differ in terms of self‐reported aggressive tendencies.ConclusionsPhysiological compromise after concussive injury may act as an independent mechanism of aggressive behavior in athletes beyond factors, such as athletic status.

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Effects of smoking different doses of nicotine on human aggressive behavior

Cited by 239 publications

References 21 publications

Agressão E Análise Do Comportamento: A História Do Modelo De “Pain-Aggression”

Agressão E Análise Do Comportamento: A História Do Modelo De “Pain-Aggression”

Effects of Nicotine Administration and Stress on Sensory-Gating Depend on Rat Strain and Sex

Physiological underarousal as a mechanism of aggressive behavior in university athletes with a history of concussion

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