TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Personality and aggressive behavior under provoking and neutral conditions: a meta-analytic review
JO  - Psychological bulletin
A1  - Bettencourt, B. Ann
A1  - Talley, Amelia
A1  - Benjamin, Arlin James
A1  - Valentine, Jeffrey
SP  - 751
EP  - 777
VL  - 132
IS  - 5
N2  - The authors conducted a comprehensive review to understand the relation between personality and aggressive behavior, under provoking and nonprovoking conditions. The qualitative review revealed that some personality variables influenced aggressive behavior under both neutral and provocation conditions, whereas others influenced aggressive behavior only under provocation. Studies that assessed personality variables and that directly measured aggressive behavior were included in the quantitative review. Analyses revealed that trait aggressiveness and trait irritability influenced aggressive behavior under both provoking and neutral conditions but that other personality variables (e.g., trait anger, Type A personality, dissipation-rumination) influenced aggressive behavior only under provoking conditions. The authors discuss possible relations between these patterns of aggressive behavior and the personality dimensions of Agreeableness and Neuroticism and consider implications for theories of aggression.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0033-2909
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.132.5.751
ID  - ref1
ER  -