@article{ref1,
title="Impact of assertive and accusatory communication of distress and anger: a verbal component analysis",
journal="Aggressive behavior",
year="1992",
author="Kubany, Edward S. and Richard, DC and Bauer, G. B. and Muraoka, MY",
volume="18",
number="5",
pages="337-347",
abstract="Forty undergraduate women were asked to imagine discussing an important problem in their relationship with a personally close partner and to rate likely emotional and behavioral reactions to four kinds of statements: 1) assertive communication of distress, 2) assertive communication of anger, 3) accusatory communication of distress, and 4) accusatory communication of anger. Accusatory &quot;you&quot; statements were rated as more aversive and evoked more negative emotional and behavioral response inclinations than did assertive &quot;I&quot; messages. Statements including &quot;anger&quot; words evoked more negative emotional and behavioral response inclinations than statements including &quot;distress&quot; words. Findings were related to research on cue-controlled aggression and the work of Staats, which predicts ways that verbal labels (language) exert control over emotions and behavior.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0096-140X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}