TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Catharsis, aggression, and persuasive influence: self-fulfilling or self-defeating prophecies?
JO  - Journal of personality and social psychology
A1  - Bushman, Brad J.
A1  - Baumeister, R. F.
A1  - Stack, A. D.
SP  - 367
EP  - 376
VL  - 76
IS  - 3
N2  - Does media endorsement for catharsis produce a self-fulfilling or a self-defeating prophecy? In Study 1, participants who read a procatharsis message (claiming that aggressive action is a good way to relax and reduce anger) subsequently expressed a greater desire to hit a punching bag than did participants who read an anticatharsis message. In Study 2, participants read the same messages and then actually did hit a punching bag. This exercise was followed by an opportunity to engage in laboratory aggression. Contrary to the catharsis hypothesis and to the self-fulfilling prophecy prediction, people who read the procatharsis message and then hit the punching bag were subsequently more aggressive than were people who read the anticatharsis message.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3514
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -