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Journal Article

Citation

Mason K, Barlett CP, Jones AL. J. Interpers. Violence 2017; ePub(ePub): 886260517724831.

Affiliation

Swansea University, West Glamorgan, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260517724831

PMID

29294872

Abstract

Previous research has supported the hypothesis that the presence of a potential mate influences social behavior; however, there is a paucity of work that has extended this to the study of aggression. Thus, the current research had participants ( N = 1,035) view a picture of an attractive or unattractive member of the opposite sex. Participants then imagined themselves in front of the imagined person in a social setting in which they were provoked or not before completing an assessment of aggressive intentions.

RESULTS from the 2 (sex of participant) × 2 (attractiveness of the picture) × 2 (provocation or not) analysis of variance showed that males viewing an image of an attractive female had higher aggressive intentions when provoked than males viewing a nonattractive female; however, these effects were not found for female participants.


Language: en

Keywords

aggression; aggressive inclinations; opposite sex; sex differences

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