Abstract
Abstract Research on aggression focuses almost exclusively on the aggressive individual so that aggression is usually described as an individual-centered event. By contrast, the model presented in this article was developed through research of naturally occurring, aggressive interactions between adolescents in which the social and physical environment of aggressive events is a critical focus. The model provides a conceptual frame for the analysis of aggression in social interactions in natural settings that takes the complexity of social, environmental, and individual factors into account by distinguishing three systems (the biological, psychic, and social systems) and analyzing their interrelations and co-evolutionary processes. This article considers consequences for aggressive behavior when systems of different phylogenetic ages affect one another, and it delineates the interrelationships between systems and their environments and their mutual influence on one another. The model generated an innovative methodology for assessing aggression in natural settings and new technique, the use of camera-glasses for recording data of social interactions and environments from the aggressively reacting individual’s perspective.
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