Both theory and empirical research support the application of the psychological flexibility
model to understanding aggressive behavior. However, methodological limitations persist …

In order to examine questions of whether and to what degree aggression is adaptive or
maladaptive, an important consideration is why the aggression is enacted. As we describe in …

Research exploring potential antecedents of aggression provides contradictory results, with
some data relating adaptive coping styles with high aggression and other studies finding the …

Researchers have identified two subtypes of aggression, reactive and proactive, that have
unique patterns in terms of their etiologies, correlates (ie, behavioral, affective, cognitive …

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 …

The study of aggression plays a prominent role in psychology and public health, because of
the important adverse consequences of such behavior for victims, aggressors, and society in …

Cognitive and emotion regulation strategies play an influential role in the display of
aggression, however much of this research has failed to identify specific regulation …

Objective: Prior research has long emphasized the role of alexithymia and impulsivity to
explain aggressive tendencies. Recently, a growing body of research seems to support the …

The aim of this study was to identify implicit cognitive predictors of aggressive behavior.
Specifically, the predictive value of an attentional bias for aggressive stimuli and automatic …

Why some people, and not others, exhibit aggression remains unknown. Research points to
certain personality traits being linked to either proactive or reactive aggression, or both. The …