Abstract
Aggressive behavior can be defined as any behavior intended to hurt another person, and it is associated with many individual and social factors. This study examined the relationship between emotional regulation and inhibitory control in predicting aggressive behavior. Seventy-eight participants (40 males) completed self-report measures (Negative Mood Regulation Scale and Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire), a stop signal task, and engaged in a modified version of Taylor Aggression Paradigm (TAP) exercise, in which the outcome was used as a measure of direct physical aggression. We used a hierarchical, mixed-model multiple regression analysis test to examine the effects of emotion regulation and inhibitory control on physical reactive aggression. Results indicated an interaction between emotion regulation and inhibitory control on aggression. For participants with low inhibitory control only, there was a significant difference between high and low emotion regulation on aggression, such that low emotion regulation participants registered higher aggression than high emotion regulation participants. This difference was not found among participants with high inhibitory control. These results have implications for refining and targeting training and rehabilitation programs aimed at reducing aggressive behavior.
Highlights
Regardless of culture or geographical location, various manifestations of aggression and forms of aggressive behavior may be found among groups of individual
In examining the data for normal distribution, we identified two outliers for Negative Mood Regulation (NMR) based on interquartile rang (IQR), which was computed from Turkey’s hinges
A repeated-measures Analysis of Variance Analysis (ANOVA) was conducted to test main effect of block on the punishment levels participants assigned to their opponents
Summary
Regardless of culture or geographical location, various manifestations of aggression and forms of aggressive behavior may be found among groups of individual. Aggressive behavior has been defined as any behavior intended to harm or injure another organism which is motivated to avoid such treatment [1]. This common yet destructive behavior may be the cause of financial loss, emotional distress, physical injury, or even death, to those exposed to it, not to mention other more indirect interpersonal and social costs to individuals and social groups associated with the victims. The mostly used categories are physical, verbal, and indirect aggression [2].
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