Verbal Aggression Research Articles

Association of greenness surrounding school with aggression among adolescents: A multi-site study in China

Association of greenness surrounding school with aggression among adolescents was not well understood. This study aimed to investigate the associations of greenness surrounding school with adolescents' total and sub-types of aggression and explore potential mediators underlying these associations. A multi-site study of 15,301 adolescents aged 11–20 years were recruited through a multistage, random cluster sampling across 5 representative provinces in mainland China. Satellite-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values within circular buffers of 100 m, 500 m, and 1000 m surrounding school were used to indicate the adolescents' greenness exposure. We used the Chinese version of Buss and Warren's Aggression Questionnaire to assess total and sub-types of aggression. Daily concentrations of PM2.5, and NO2 were obtained from the China High Air Pollutants datasets. Per IQR increment of NDVI 100 m and 500 m surrounding school was associated with lower odds of total aggression; odds ratio [OR] with 95% CI was 0.958 (0.926–0.990) for the 100 m buffer and 0.963 (0.932–0.996) for the 500 m buffer, respectively. Similar associations can be observed in two sub-types of aggression, including verbal (NDVI 100 m: 0.960 (0.925–0.995); NDVI500m: 0.964 (0.930–0.999)) and indirect aggression (NDVI 100 m: 0.956 (0.924–0.990); NDVI500m: 0.953 (0.921–0.986)). There were no sex and age differences in the associations of school surrounding greenness with aggression, except that the beneficial associations of greenness exposure with total aggression (0.933(0.895–0.975) vs.1.005(0.956–1.056)), physical aggression (0.971(0.925–1.019) vs.1.098(1.043–1.156)), and hostility (0.942(0.901–0.986) vs.1.016(0.965–1.069)) were greater among participants aged ≥16 years than those aged<16 years. PM2.5 (proportion mediated estimates: 0.21; 95% CI: 0.08, 0.94) and NO2 (−0.78, 95% CI: −3.22, −0.37) mediated the association of NDVI 500 m surrounding school with total aggression. Our data indicated that exposure to greenness in school surroundings was associated with reduced aggression, particularly in verbal and indirect aggression. The presence of PM2.5 and NO2 partially mediated these associations.

Армянская диаспора в социальных сетях

Currently, there is a massive involvement of migrants in social networks, in which virtual communication becomes the main form of their social interaction both within their ethnic diaspora and with other diasporic and host online communities. The problematic situation is connected with the fact that social networks have become an almost uncontrolled Internet resource with unlimited possibilities for the dissemination of information and a variety of forms of interaction, including verbal aggression, in- tolerance towards the interlocutor, ignoring ethical norms of communication, etc. The purpose of the scientific article is to identify the predominant type of social interaction of the Armenian diaspora in Russian-speaking social networks with relatively new ethnic diasporas (Tajik and Kyrgyz) and the host community. The analysis is based on the results of a sociological study "Social interaction of Diasporas in social networks" conducted by three methods of collecting empirical information (online questionnaire survey of representatives of the Armenian, Tajik and Kyrgyz diasporas in Russia; in- depth interview with representatives of diasporas; qualitative analysis of information posts of representatives of diasporas in the social network Vkontakte). The study re- vealed that the predominant type of social interaction of representatives of the Arme- nian Diaspora with the diasporas of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as with the host community, is conflict. The main causes of the conflict type of interaction of repre- sentatives of the Armenian Diaspora with representatives of Tajikistan and Kyrgyz- stan, as well as with the host community, were revealed. Acknowledgment: The study was carried out with the financial support of the RFBR for the implementation of the scientific Project №. 20-511-05007 “Socio-economic potential of the Armenian Diaspora in the context of integration processes in the EAEU”. Contract № 20-511-05007/21.

Przeklestwa w gwarach kujawskich. Rekonesans

We relate our reconnaissance on folk acts of verbal aggression to the dialectal material from Kujawy. Examples, mainly lexical devices, idioms with characteristic marked elements, formulas of the wishful mood, are taken from the first volume of the Dictionary of the Kujawy Dialect and Culture and its files. Components of curses and insults in the Kuyavian dialectal material include such components as the devil, dog, crayfish, pig. Among the acts of verbal aggression, there are numerous curses / spells, especially those that bring disease. In terms of the number of curses, the ones with the components morwka, bodaj / bodej / a bodej, id do laka.

Effectiveness of the Positive Youth Development (PYD) Program on reducing aggression among high school female students

BackgroundThe positive youth development program highlights the abilities of adolescents and young people. This concept emphasizes that teenagers are capable of making positive changes (such as: flexibility, Responsibility, Identify abilities). This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of the Positive Youth Development (PYD) program on reducing aggression among high school female students in Yazd city. Iran.MethodsThis was a quasi-experimental study, using pretest-posttest design with a control group. In the 2019–2020 academic year, the statistical population comprised all female students in high school first and second years in the city of Yazd, Iran. Using purposive sampling and based on include and exclude criteria (high risk of aggression due to their scores on a screening test and Parental consent to participate in the class) 30 female students were selected. Randomly, they were assigned to an experimental(n = 15) and control groups(n-15). The Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire was conducted on students. The experimental group had 8 intervention sessions, whereas the control group received no intervention. The data were subsequently examined using Analysis of Covariance(ANCOVA).ResultsThe dependent t-test revealed a significant difference between the pretest-posttest aggression scores in the experimental group, but there was no significant difference in the control group. There was no significant difference in the mean scores of physical aggression, anger, and hostility in the experimental and control groups, but a significant difference was found between the experimental and control groups in the mean verbal aggression scores.Conclusiontraining of positive youth development did not affect on aggression and its three dimensions (physical aggression, anger, and hostility) and only affected adolescent verbal aggression.

Verbal and Symbolic Aggression Female in The Madurese Culture

This research explores the verbal and symbolic aggression of Madurese women students. These two things will be examined as the leading models by looking at the oral and symbolic aggression models for Madurese women. Women’s aggression is a complex form of behavior. This complexity is essential to the cyclical activities of the self and its environment. Madurese women ‘do not have a voice’ in voicing their own opinions including in rural electoral power politics and household economic autonomy. This research uses mixed methods, quantitative and qualitative. Quantitative research uses statistical analysis using confirmatory factorial analysis (CFA), while qualitative research uses descriptive data about the types and forms of verbal aggression in women. Both explore verbal and symbolic tendencies of aggression in Madurese women. The women involved were students at universities in Madura. The research results show that women prefer symbolic aggression to verbal aggression. Women with higher education prefer symbolic aggression to verbal aggression. Types and forms of verbal aggression include cha’-nguca’e, hitting, pulling, harming, and injuring. This oral does not lead to the loss of another person's life. Another finding is that a symbolic attack always follows every verbal aggression. Meanwhile, symbolic aggression involves gossip, talking about bad things about other women with slander and backbiting, spitting on other people’s property rights, inviting other people to hate other women, constantly talking about other people’s bad things, looking for reasons to hate other people, not coming meeting with hated people.

Evaluation of aggression level in adolescent girls with classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

In patients with classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), virilization affects the brain and external genitalia due to antenatal androgen exposure. There are few studies on how the effects of androgens on brain virilization are reflected in behavior. However, there is no study focused on the adolescence period. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of aggression in adolescent girls with classical CAH (due to 21 hydroxylase and 11β hydroxylase deficiency) and to investigate the disease-related factors that may affect aggression. Twenty female and 20 male patients aged 13-20 years, diagnosed with classical CAH, with 21 hydroxylase deficiency and 11β hydroxylase deficiency, and 20 healthy girls and 20 boys from the same age group were included. The Buss-Perry Aggression Scale (BPAS), which consists of four subgroups measuring physical aggression, verbal aggression, hostility, and angry behaviors, was used. The ages of the male and female patients with CAH were 16.30 ± 2.65 and 16.60 ± 2.41 years, respectively. Total aggression scale scores were 73.3 ± 14.6 in adolescent girls with CAH, 74.1 ± 11.2 in healthy girls, 71.5 ± 14.8 in boys with CAH, and 75.3 ± 14.5 in healthy boys (p > .05). There was no difference between the subscale scores of patients and healthy adolescents. Aggression scores in adolescents with CAH increased significantly with age. In this study, we found no difference between the aggression scores of adolescents with classical CAH compared to their healthy peers. The total aggression score and subscale were similar in unaffected female adolescents.

Relationship Between School Climate and Emotional Intelligence with Students' Verbal Aggression Behavior

Verbal aggression is a very worrying phenomenon because humans basically need each other in their social life every day, frequent acts of verbal aggression make this behavior reasonable and even considered to have no serious impact. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between School Climate and Emotional Intelligence with Verbal Aggressive Behavior. This research is a quantitative research with a correlation type. Data collection techniques in this study were in the form of the School Climate scale, the Emotional Intelligence scale and the verbal aggression scale. the subjects in this study were vocational students and the number of subjects in this study amounted to 189 people. The data analysis technique used in this study is Spearman's Non-Parametric Rank analysis. Based on the results of data analysis, the following results were obtained: 1) there was a significant negative relationship between School Climate and Verbal Aggression (-.344 and p = 0.000; p &lt;0.01). 2) there is a significant negative relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Verbal Aggression (-.271 and p = 0.000; p &lt;0.01). The results of this study concluded that each variable of school climate and emotional intelligence had a very significant relationship with aggressive verbal. But the two variables are not simultaneously associated with verbal aggression.

The Role and Importance of Physical Exercise on the Aggression Level of High School Students

Introduction. The phenomenon of bullying is increasingly widespread among students and at the national level, all kinds of techniques and activities are being tried to combat it. Methods. In the present study, we aimed to measure the level of aggression among secondary school students, who participated in a Physical Education and Sports Program, held over a period of 6 months, with a frequency of 8 times/month. A number of 36 students, at the secondary school level, aged between 11- 15 years, from the rural environment, from the South-West Region of Oltenia, all enrolled in the same school, took part in this experiment. As a tool, the Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) was applied, with 4 scales: Physical Aggression, Verbal Aggression, Anger, and Hostility. Aggression was measured both before and after participation in the sports training program. Results. The results indicated a lower level of aggression at the end of the program, compared to the level present in the students, before following the sports training. Conclusions. Thus, physical and sports education can be an optimal means of controlling aggression and a catalyst for it in positive aspects and behaviors.

The Effect of Islamic Maternal Parenting Style on Adolescent Aggressiveness by Modulating Peer Social Interaction

The verbal and non-verbal aggressiveness of adolescents has been increasing. It is a form of aggression that involves hostile and coercive actions towards others that may result in emotional or physical harm. This study aims to examine the Islamic parenting style of mothers, the primary caregivers in Javanese culture in Indonesia, as well as the social interactions with peers in relation to aggressive behavior. The participants of this study were 410 high school students aged between 15 and 19 years old (M = 16.52, SD = 0.793), consisting of 210 male students and 200 female students. Participants were selected from eight schools in Sleman City (4 senior high schools and four vocational high schools). The data was collected using the aggression scale, maternal parenting style, and social interactions with peers. Data were analyzed using Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) with Smart-PLS 4. The study results show a good fit model, indicating that aggression is influenced by Islamic maternal parenting style with social interactions with peers as a mediator. Social interactions have a mediating effect on the relationship between Islamic maternal parenting style and adolescent aggression. Another finding reveals that each Islamic maternal parenting style negatively affects aggression. Adolescent aggression can be controlled through Islamic maternal parenting style (i.e., authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive) and peer social interaction as a mediator.

Don’t sweat the small stuff; anger rumination and lack of forgiveness are related to aggressive driving behaviours

Aggressive drivers pose a significant road safety threat to themselves and other road users. Therefore, understanding the relationships between certain cognitive processes and increased frequency of aggression has the potential to reduce road trauma through intervention. This study examined the relationships between anger rumination and forgiveness with trait driving anger and aggressive driving. These factors have previously been individually identified as predictors of aggression; but have yet to be considered simultaneously, despite recognised association between forgiveness and rumination tendencies outside of road safety research. Aggressive driving was measured across three facets of behaviour: verbal aggression, physical aggression, and use of the vehicle to display anger. Adaptive constructive responses to driving anger were also considered. Five hundred and one drivers (mean age = 43.7; SD = 17.7; men = 53.8%) completed an online questionnaire seeking information on these factors. Structural equation modelling showed that, after controlling for gender, 62% of the variance in aggressive driving was explained by a combination of trait driving anger, more frequent rumination and lower levels of forgiveness. Specifically, lower levels of forgiveness predicted more anger rumination (accounting for 49% of the variance), and the relationship between anger rumination and aggression was fully mediated by trait driving anger. A second model demonstrated that 17% of the variance in adaptive constructive responses to anger could be explained by higher levels of forgiveness, lower rumination and driving anger. Efforts to improve driver behaviour need to focus primarily on the reduction of driving anger. This could be achieved by reducing rumination through the promotion of forgiveness for the behaviour of other drivers.

Do couple drinking episodes lead to intimate partner aggression? An ecological momentary assessment study of same-sex and mixed-sex couples.

Alcohol use is an established risk factor for intimate partner aggression (IPA); however, few studies have considered whether couple drinking episodes increase the short-term likelihood of IPA episodes. The present ecological momentary assessment study considered the temporal effects of alcohol consumption on IPA perpetration and victimization within a sample of community couples at elevated risk of aggression. Mixed-sex (n = 191), same-sex male (n = 31), and same-sex female (n = 27) cohabiting couples (total N = 249; ages 21-35) made three independent, random reports for 30 consecutive days. Dyadic multilevel modeling was used to examine the impact of each partner's drinking episodes on the occurrence of verbal and physical perpetration and victimization events within the next 4 hr, using the actor-partner interdependence model. Actor and partner alcohol use increased the likelihood of conflict and likelihood of conflicts involving verbal perpetration and victimization within the next 4 hr; alcohol effects on physical aggression were weaker. Actor alcohol effects on IPA remained significant after the addition of several control variables; partner effects did not. The absence of Alcohol × Gender interaction effects suggests that alcohol effects on IPA do not depend on actor or partner gender or their combination. There are robust alcohol effects on the occurrence of verbal aggression perpetration and victimization episodes, with weak effects on physical aggression perpetration. Conflicts that include alcohol are not more likely to include aggression; rather, alcohol increases the likelihood of conflict occurring, with a proportion of those involving verbal aggression. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Rolul structurii familiei în geneza comportamentului agresiv la preadolescenți

In this study we explored the impact of family structure on aggressive behavior at preadolescents. The research sample represent 219 preadolescents: N=61 from single-parent families and N=158 coming from complete families. Following the application of the t-test, the results revealed statistically significant differences against of respondents from single-parent families. Differences appear at the level of the Anger and Hostility subscales, as well as for the total aggression score. For the Anger variable, the difference is ΔM=-0.46 (single parent M=2.847; in the complete family M=2.378), significant for t(217)=-3.333, p=0.001. No statistically significant differences were observed at the level of physical or verbal aggression.

Typification and factors associated with violence among the homeless in a municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil

The scope of the study was to typify the violence suffered by the homeless population and analyze the associated factors in a medium-sized municipality in Minas Gerais. A cross-sectional study was conducted and data about sociodemographic status, health, risk behaviors and occurrence of violence among the homeless was collected. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to verify the association between exposure and outcomes. Of the 85 respondents, the majority were male (75.3%), aged between 40 and 59 years (59.5%), non-white (86.3%), smokers (69.4%), alcoholics (80.7%) and drug users (53.6%). The overall prevalence of violence was 62.3%. The types of violence most reported were verbal and physical aggression and threats. Being a woman (OR 42.1; 95%CI 27.8-638.0) and being non-white (OR 9.02; 95%CI 1.33-61.1) were associated with a higher risk of experiencing violence. Having no morbidity (OR 0.14; 95%CI 0.03-0.62) and living on the streets for up to five years (OR 0.17; 95%CI 0.04-0.71) revealed a negative association. It was observed how violence is present in the urban context associated with sex, race, self-reported morbidity and time living on the streets.

A brief validity report for the instructor strictness scales: relationships with instructor communication styles

ABSTRACT Researchers have begun using strictness as a framework for better understanding the communicative nature of classroom enforcement strategies. In pursuit of operationalizing this construct, the purpose of this study was to provide extended validity evidence for the Evaluative, Regulatory, and Interactive instructor strictness scales through hypothesized relationships with different instructor communication styles: perceived instructor verbal aggressiveness, assertiveness, and responsiveness. Analyses revealed that the strictness subdimensions were positively related to verbal aggressiveness and assertiveness and inversely related to instructor responsiveness. However, on three occasions, students’ reports of strictness related to Norms, Availability, and Testing were not significantly related to assertiveness. Implications for the future study of instructor strictness using the proposed scales are discussed.

How COVID-19 pandemic period influences on the selected mental health parameters of Polish respondents?

There are many different articles about COVID-19 pandemic period and its influence on people and their behavior. Nevertheless, there is little research on the slightly later period of the pandemic, that is, the time when specific adaptation mechanisms in society should start to take place. Our research was conducted by means of an online survey. Four hundred and eighty five adults participated, including 349 (71.96%) women and 136 (28.04%) men. The Buss-Perry aggression scale, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 scale were used. The results were statistically processed using Statistica 13.3 software. Within the study population, positive correlations were noted between anxiety and generalized aggression, anger, hostility, physical and psychological aggression. In the female group, anxiety correlates positively with generalized aggression, anger, hostility, verbal and physical aggression. Among male subjects, anxiety correlates positively with aggression, anger, and hostility. Alcohol consumption has a significant association with verbal aggression. Statistically, more women experience anxiety, more men have inflated scores on the AUDIT scale and on verbal and physical aggression. Younger people are more likely than older people to experience anxiety and have inflated scores on hostility. Those with secondary education scored significantly higher on the GAD-7 scale and the aggression scale (and all subscales except anger) compared to respondents with higher education. As a result of adaptation to the COVID-19 pandemic, anxiety is no longer a factor in increased evels of alcohol consumption. The pandemic has not affected differences in alcohol consumption between men and women. The presence of a positive correlation between anxiety and aggression and the sociodemographic structure of those characterized by increased aggression are also unchanged. Anxiety directly influences aggressive behavior in a relatively strong way. Appropriate health-promoting measures should be implemented to protect the public from the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Forgiveness in mental health nursing practice

Forgiveness is recognised as a positive facet of psychosocial well-being and is therefore gaining interest in the scientific community. Emerging evidence indicates that forgiveness can increase well-being and that the ability to forgive is a stress-lowering factor. In mental healthcare, the ability to forgive may be essential to work therapeutically with patients. However, forgiveness can be challenging, particularly in acute inpatient settings such as secure forensic wards where verbal or physical aggression is a common occurrence. This article explores the concept of forgiveness and its application in mental health nursing practice. It discusses the importance of forgiveness as a personal journey and healing process that enables nurses to let go of their negative feelings towards others. It also discusses self-forgiveness, which involves letting go of negative feelings towards oneself and demonstrating self-compassion.

In Case You Haven't Heard…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved brexpiprazole (Rexulti) for agitation associated with Alzheimer's disease dementia, the agency announced last week, the medical news service MedPage Today reported. The new indication for brexpiprazole will make it the first FDA‐approved treatment for this condition. The atypical antipsychotic was previously approved for treating major depressive disorder and schizophrenia. “Agitation is one of the most common and challenging aspects of care among patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's disease. ‘Agitation’ can include symptoms ranging from pacing or restlessness to verbal and physical aggression,” said Tiffany Farchione, M.D., director of the division of psychiatry in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, in a press release. “These symptoms are leading causes of assisted living or nursing home placement and have been associated with accelerated disease progression.” Researchers found that brexpiprazole treatment achieved a statistically significant reduction in agitation over a 12‐week treatment period, based on the Cohen‐Mansfield Agitation Inventory. The most common side effects with brexpiprazole among patients with agitation associated with dementia due to Alzheimer's disease include headache, dizziness, urinary tract infection, nasopharyngitis and sleep disturbances.

EXAMINATION OF AGGRESSION LEVELS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND OTHER BRANCH TEACHERS

The aim of this study is to examine the aggression levels of physical education and other branch teachers. The study group of the research consists of 230 teachers who voluntarily participated in the online survey among the physical education and other branch teachers working in the city center of Yozgat in the 2022-2023 academic year. As a data collection tool in the research, ''demographic information form (Gender, Age, Level, Institution type, Branch, Perceived monthly income level, Doing sports with license before, Type of license, Did you choose your profession voluntarily, What kind of personality do you see yourself as'' and the 'Buss-Perry Aggression Scale', the reliability and validity of which was studied in Turkish by Madran (2012), was used to determine the aggression levels of the participants. The data were transferred to the SPSS 20.0 package program for statistical analysis. Before starting the analysis, skewness and kurtosis values were examined in order to examine whether the data showed a normal distribution. It was determined that the skewness and kurtosis values of the scale were between 1.159 and 1.137 and showed a normal distribution. Frequency analysis, percentage analysis, t test, Anova analysis were used to analyze the data. As a result of the analyzes carried out; it was determined that the participants exhibited the most verbal aggression (X̄=2.48), and the aggression levels were generally low (X̄top= 2.21). Statistically significant differences were found between the aggression levels of the participants according to gender, branch, previously licensed sports status, willingness to do the job and personality variables (p&lt;0.05). No significant differences were found according to the variables of age, level, institution, perceived income level and license type (p&gt;0.05).

Professional burnout syndrome in a group of nursing staff employed in a psychiatric hospital

Nurses are one of the occupational groups most exposed to stress in the health care system. In their daily work, the staff of a psychiatric ward often encounters threats, aggression or unpredictability of patients' behavior. Employees, including nurses, often feel discomfort related to the treatment of patients admitted against their will, the need to use direct coercion. In psychiatry, it is also burdensome to participate in family matters of patients, to solve their problems. The group of factors recognized as stressful and causing psychological burden for nurses includes a large number of patients under their care, their serious condition as well as physical and verbal aggression of the patient and violence. The aim of the study was to present the problem of occupational burnout in a group of nursing staff employed in a psychiatric hospital Material and methods 203 nurses participated in the study. The research tool was a proprietary questionnaire and a standardized tool, the Ch. Maslach. The level of statistical significance in this study was p&lt;0.05. Results The average occupational burnout rate was 34.9% ± 20.9%. Emotional exhaustion was assessed at 32.5% ± 28.5%, the level of depersonalization at 23.1% ± 26.1%. The main motivators in the work of nurses are earnings (57.3%), willingness to help others (54.4%) and a good atmosphere at work (35%). Conclusions: Mental burden in the work of a psychiatric nurse results in the development of occupational stress leading to occupational burnout. Actions are recommended to counteract the professional burnout syndrome

Individual and Relational Outcomes Associated with Dispositional Forgiveness: The Mediating Role of Interpersonal Trust, Affectionate Communication, and Verbal Aggression

ABSTRACT Dispositional forgiveness is defined as the ability to reframe a perceived transgression from negative to neutral or positive, such that the outcome of the transgression is no longer perceived as adverse. The utility of dispositional forgiveness for individuals and relationships is clear; however, the specific factors that encourage favorable outcomes associated with dispositional forgiveness remain unclear. In two studies I assessed individuals’ self, other, and situational forgiveness; faith in, dependability on, and predictability with same-sex best friends; cognitive and emotional well-being; sent affectionate communication and verbal aggression to same-sex best friends; and relationship satisfaction with same-sex best friends. Results indicated that faith in and dependability on same-sex best friends mediated the association between other forgiveness and cognitive and emotional well-being. In addition, affectionate communication mediated the association between other forgiveness and relationship satisfaction.