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How goal-fulfillment decreases aggression
"We suggest that the goal to aggress increases accessibility of aggressive thoughts, and that after goal-fulfillment, accessibility of aggressive content is reduced. Experiment 1 showed an increase in accessibility of aggression after imagining an aggression-eliciting situation compared to non-aggressive content. After goal-fulfillment the accessibility of aggression was reduced, regardless of whether fulfillment was achieved by imagining physical or symbolic revenge. Experiment 2 showed similar effects for a non-aggressive conflict-resolution and, in addition, demonstrated a post-fulfillment reduction in actual aggressive behavior. Experiment 3 demonstrated that aggressive acts that do not constitute goal-fulfillment instead increase accessibility of aggression. Relations between our model and previous views on catharsis of aggression are discussed." [author's abstract]
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Seite(n): 90-100
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Englisch
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Status: Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
- Bibliographic citation
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Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45(1)
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Psychologie
Sozialpsychologie
Aggression
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Denzler, Markus
Förster, Jens
Liberman, Nira
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Veröffentlichung
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2008
- DOI
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-277621
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
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21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST
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- Denzler, Markus
- Förster, Jens
- Liberman, Nira
Time of origin
- 2008
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