TY - JOUR PY - 2012// TI - Personality Correlates of Aggression: Evidence From Measures of the Five-Factor Model, UPPS Model of Impulsivity, and BIS/BAS JO - Journal of interpersonal violence A1 - Miller, Joshua D. A1 - Zeichner, Amos A1 - Wilson, Lauren F. SP - 2903 EP - 2919 VL - 27 IS - 14 N2 - Although many studies of personality and aggression focus on multidimensional traits and higher order personality disorders (e.g., psychopathy), lower order, unidimensional traits may provide more precision in identifying specific aspects of personality that relate to aggression. The current study includes a comprehensive measurement of lower order personality traits in relation to three forms of aggression: reactive, proactive, and relational. Traits related to interpersonal antagonism and impulsivity, especially impulsive behavior in the context of negative affect, were consistently related to aggression across multiple indices. These findings suggest that certain lower order traits are of critical importance to understanding who engages in aggressive behavior and why this behavior occurs.

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LA - en SN - 0886-2605 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260512438279 ID - ref1 ER -