Social context of human aggression: Are we paying too much attention to gender?

Richardson, Deborah South; Hammock, Georgina S.

doi:10.1016/j.avb.2006.11.001

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“…This result is consistent with arguments, primarily based on research with Western samples, that gender is only a weak contributor to differences in levels and type of aggression [e.g., Bjo¨rkqvist, 1994;Hyde, 1984;Richardson and Hammock, 2007]. Our results raise the possibility that gender may also be a weak contributor to aggression in collectivistic East Asian cultures.…”

Section: Gender Differencessupporting

confidence: 81%

Relationships between individualism–collectivism, gender, and direct or indirect aggression: a study in China, Poland, and the US

Forbes

Zhang

Doroszewicz

et al. 2008

Aggressive Behavior

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Direct and indirect aggression were studied in college students from China (women n=122; men n=97), a highly collectivistic culture; the US (women n=137; men n=136), a highly individualistic culture; and Poland (women n=105; men n=119), a culture with intermediate levels of collectivism and individualism. Consistent with a hypothesis derived from national differences in relative levels of collectivism and individualism, both direct and indirect aggression were higher in the US than in Poland and higher in Poland than in China. The theoretical implication of these results and directions for future research were discussed.

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Section: Gender Differencessupporting

confidence: 81%

Relationships between individualism–collectivism, gender, and direct or indirect aggression: a study in China, Poland, and the US

Forbes

Zhang

Doroszewicz

et al. 2008

Aggressive Behavior

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“…However, Campbell_s (2004 finding that 50% of female survivors of IPV were able to predict IPV incidents was supported by our results. The direct association between IPV and life stressors, conflicts and problem solving seems to be stronger in studies where IPV perpetrators and/or couples are interviewed (Cano and Vivian 2001;Richardson and Hammock 2007;Wilkinson and Hamerschlag 2005). Studies using this research design have disclosed consistent differences between men_s and women_s perceptions of motives for IPV (Winstok 2007).…”

Section: An Interactional Perspective On Ipvmentioning

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An Interactional Perspective of Intimate Partner Violence: An In-depth Semi-structured Interview of a Representative Sample of Help-seeking Women

Vatnar

Bjørkly

2008

J Fam Viol

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This article reports a study of women victimized by intimate partner violence (IPV). We describe three interactional aspects of IPV: (1) responses and conduct before, during, and after IPV episodes, (2) impact of alcohol and drug intoxication, and (3) Predictors of risk for IPV victimization in more than one partnership. A representative sample of 157 help-seeking women, recruited from family counseling offices, the police and shelters, were interviewed about physical, psychological and sexual IPV. The nature and characteristics of the IPV interactions were complex and heterogeneous. There were significant interactional differences between the IPV categories concerning the women_s responses and conduct before, during and after the IPV. The impact of alcohol and drug intoxication was relatively small on the occurrence of IPV. About 75% reported that neither the perpetrator nor the female victim had consumed alcohol or drugs before the index IPV exposure. Only 23% of the women had experienced IPV by previous partners. Women who had been subjected to sexual abuse in their family of origin were at almost 25 times increased risk of IPV victimization in more than one partnership. Childhood exposure to physical IPV between parents increased the risk of IPV victimization in more than one partnership significantly more than if the woman had been subject to childhood physical victimization.

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“…There is a relationship between aggression and testosterone, yet testosterone is not the only hormone related to aggression and it should also be considered within the context of other neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, and hormones that influence aggression (Eichelman & Hartwig, 1996;Nelson & Chiavegatto, 2001). Moreover, research indicates that type of aggression rather than level of aggression may be the primary difference between males and females (Ramirez, 2003;Richardson & Hammock, 2007). Regardless, testosterone is often believed and/or taken for granted to be the cause of aggression, therefore reinforcing the taken-for-granted notion that males are more aggressive than females.…”

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Mean(ing) to Me: A Symbolic Interactionist Approach to Aggression in Sport Psychology

Baird

McGannon

2009

Quest

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Social context of human aggression: Are we paying too much attention to gender?

Cited by 85 publications

References 42 publications

Relationships between individualism–collectivism, gender, and direct or indirect aggression: a study in China, Poland, and the US

Relationships between individualism–collectivism, gender, and direct or indirect aggression: a study in China, Poland, and the US

An Interactional Perspective of Intimate Partner Violence: An In-depth Semi-structured Interview of a Representative Sample of Help-seeking Women

Mean(ing) to Me: A Symbolic Interactionist Approach to Aggression in Sport Psychology

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