Citation

Bell PA. J. Pers. Soc. Psychol. 2005; 89(1): 71-73.

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(Copyright © 2005, American Psychological Association)

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Abstract

B. J. Bushman, M. C. Wang, and C. A. Anderson (2005) argued that a reanalysis of E. G. Cohn and J. Rotton's (1997) Minneapolis data shows no inverted-U curvilinear relationship between temperature and aggression. Although B. J. Bushman et al.'s (2005) claim of no general inverted-U trend in the data might well be supported statistically, more careful examination of the subset of the data most likely to include the hottest temperatures in the study may offer at least some support for the inverted-U relationship. Aggregating data to describe a general trend minimizes the influence of outliers that may reflect alternative relationships, and such alternatives may be important practically and theoretically. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2005. Copyright © 2005 by the American Psychological Association)

Temperature Factors
Heat Effects
Aggression Causes
Violence Causes
Adult Aggression
Adult Offender
Adult Violence
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