Reappraising the Situation and Its Impact on Aggressive Behavior

Barlett, Christopher P.; Anderson, Craig A.

doi:10.1177/0146167211423671

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“…Those who had higher trait reappraisal may have been able to limit their aggressive responding by using reappraisal skills, which reduced the perception of provoking cues and the likelihood that emotion-aggression networks were activated, whereas those with lower trait appraisal were not equipped to use these skills. This finding is consistent with research demonstrating that reappraisal is associated with decreased vengeance and aggressive behavior (Barlett & Anderson, 2011).…”

Section: Considering the Roles Of Gender Trait Emotion Regulation Asupporting

confidence: 91%

The Effects of Alcohol Intoxication and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Lab-Based Partner Aggression

Watkins¹

2014

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Intimate partner aggression (IPA) is a serious national health concern that affects an alarming number of individuals and can lead to substantial psychological and physical suffering. Situational risk factors that arise in the immediate context of IPA reflect statelike influences that trigger aggression. Because these factors are more variable and fluctuate according to the situation, they are potentially promising targets for prevention and intervention efforts (e.g., through cognitive and behavioral interventions). Within this realm, two factors in particular appear to play a prominent role in the etiology of IPA: alcohol intoxication and cognitive emotion regulation strategies. In contrast to prior correlational work, the present study experimentally manipulated alcohol consumption and emotion regulatory strategies to assess their individual and combined effects on IPA, which was measured both observationally and through self-report. It was expected that both alcohol intoxication and anger rumination would increase IPA perpetration, whereas reappraisal would result in decreased IPA perpetration. Further, intoxication and emotion regulation strategies were expected to have interactive effects on IPA perpetration such that rumination would enhance associations between alcohol intoxication and aggression, whereas reappraisal would attenuate the relationship between alcohol and IPA perpetration. Hypotheses for the study were partially supported. Findings show that participants in the alcohol condition generally displayed greater IPA than participants in the placebo condition. Emotion regulation strategy condition was not found to affect IPA. When examining only the effects of alcohol and emotion regulation strategy condition, emotion strategy use did not moderate the relationship between alcohol intoxication and IPA. However, alcohol and emotion regulation strategy conditions were found to interact with trait levels of rumination and reappraisal to predict IPA. The implications of these results, future directions for research, and implications for IPA intervention and prevention strategies are discussed. (Harned, 2002;Straus, 2004).Although most research examining IPA has focused on heterosexual couples, IPA also occurs among heterosexual and same sex couples at similar rates (McClennen, 2005).Further, researchers agree that it is important to systematically examine IPA perpetration among both genders (Holtzworth-Munroe, 2005;Johnson, 2006;Straus, 2006) and among both heterosexual and same-sex couples (Fahmy & Fradella, 2014;McCLennen, 2005). 3University students are particularly at risk for IPA, with past-year prevalence rates ranging from approximately 20% to 50% (Cogan & Fennell, 2007; Forke, Myers, Catallozzi, & Schwartz, 2008;Riggs & O'Leary, 1996;Straus, 2004 Identifying demographic and dispositional risk factors provides invaluable information on which individuals are more likely to be aggressive towards their partners.However, these risk factors do not provide information about the specific circumsta...

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Section: Considering the Roles Of Gender Trait Emotion Regulation Asupporting

confidence: 91%

The Effects of Alcohol Intoxication and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies on Lab-Based Partner Aggression

Watkins¹

2014

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“…Additional research shows how mitigating information can facilitate late reappraisal and thereby lessen anger and vengeance in response to provocation [12]. For instance, in one experiment, undergraduates were insulted by being given a poor grade on their essay.…”

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“…. .the reason I graded your essay the way I did was because I broke up with my boy/girlfriend last night' ( [12]; p. 1567). Participants in the control condition were not given this information.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Participants in the control group were not given this information. Participants who had the mitigating information at hand reported being less angry than participants in the control group, presumably because mitigating information facilitated early reappraisal.Additional research shows how mitigating information can facilitate late reappraisal and thereby lessen anger and vengeance in response to provocation [12]. For instance, in one experiment, undergraduates were insulted by being given a poor grade on their essay.…”

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“…Of those that have, reappraisal consistently lessens anger and enhances cardiovascular functioning in ways that are thought to be adaptive and unlikely to increase risk for cardiovascular disease [14][15][16][17]. In one ambitious experiment, participants completed an 8-session intervention to teach reappraisal to undergraduates [12]. Results showed that relative to a control group, the intervention reduced desires for vengeance.…”

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