TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Beliefs About Aggression Among Male and Female Prisoners
JO  - Aggressive behavior
A1  - Archer, John
A1  - Haigh, Anadelle
SP  - 405
EP  - 416
VL  - 23
IS  - 6
N2  - This study investigated instrumental and expressive beliefs about aggression, and their association with self-reported aggression, among male (N = 62) and female (N = 47) prisoners serving sentences in closed prisons in the North of England. Instrumental but not expressive beliefs were strongly correlated with measures of aggression. Expressive beliefs were significantly higher among females than males, but unlike previous findings, there were no significant sex differences in instrumental beliefs or in physical aggression. However, age was significantly negatively correlated with instrumental beliefs, physical aggression, anger and hostility. Those convicted for violent offences showed significantly higher scores for physical aggression and anger, but lower scores for expressive beliefs. The results provide both similarities and contrasts with previous findings for student samples. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Aggressive Behavior, 1997. Copyright © 1997 by Wiley-Liss, Inc.)  Female Inmate Female Offender Female Perceptions Incarcerated Male Inmate Male Offender Male Perceptions Adult Aggression Adult Male Adult Female Adult Offender Adult Inmate Inmate Perceptions Aggression Perceptions England Foreign Countries Juvenile Aggression Juvenile Inmate Juvenile Male Juvenile Female Juvenile Perceptions Juvenile Anger Juvenile Hostility Adult Anger Adult Hostility Physical Aggression Offender Aggression Offender Anger Offender Hostility Gender Differences Age Differences Self Report Studies 06-02<p />
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SN  - 0096-140X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
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