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State Anxiety And High-Risk Developmental Influences On Laboratory-Provoked Aggression Among College Men, Samantha L. Chase
State Anxiety And High-Risk Developmental Influences On Laboratory-Provoked Aggression Among College Men, Samantha L. Chase
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Recent literature has identified a subtype of anxious people who appear to be at risk for aggression as opposed to inhibited and withdrawn as might otherwise be predicted among anxious individuals. While physical aggression is not typically associated with anxiousness, the current study examined the effect of both state and trait anxiety and other development factors on laboratory-provoked aggression in males.
Participants (N = 56) were randomly assigned to anxiety induction and control groups. An attempts was made to induce anxiety using a videotapes speech procedure. Several self-report measures were completed to gather developmental information such as history of aggressiveness, …