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The Impact Of Friendship Closeness And Hegemonic Masculinity On Group Perpetrated Antigay Aggression, Adam D. Hudepohl Aug 2011

The Impact Of Friendship Closeness And Hegemonic Masculinity On Group Perpetrated Antigay Aggression, Adam D. Hudepohl

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The purpose of this study was to empirically evaluate hypothesized risk factors for the perpetration of antigay aggression. Specifically, the independent and interactive effects of endorsement of hegemonic male role norms and peer group relational factors (i.e., closeness) were examined as individual and situational risk factors for antigay aggression, within the framework of the General Aggression Model (GAM). Dyads of friends were recruited for participation in the study. Participants completed questionnaires that included measures of hegemonic masculinity and friendship closeness. The dyads of friends then viewed a video depicting male-male intimacy and competed in the TAP together against a fictitious …


Self-Esteem, Failure Feedback, And Physiological Reactivity: Implications For Working Memory And Aggression, John Patrick Ryan Jul 2009

Self-Esteem, Failure Feedback, And Physiological Reactivity: Implications For Working Memory And Aggression, John Patrick Ryan

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Research has recently begun to focus on separable conscious and subconscious aspects of self-esteem. Meanwhile, research on aggressive behavior has found that some individuals with high self-esteem are more prone to aggressive behavior. Based on a biopsychosocial approach, research has shown that appraisals of threat/challenge are marked by distinct physiological responses – threat appraisals are marked by activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, whereas challenge appraisals are marked by activation of the sympathetic adrenal-medullary axis. The present study examines the relationship between failure feedback, implicit and explicit self-esteem, appraisals, working memory and aggression in a series of three experiments. Experiment 1 …


The Effect Of Gonadal Hormones On Agonistic Behavior In Previously Defeated Female And Male Syrian Hamsters, Matia B. Solomon May 2006

The Effect Of Gonadal Hormones On Agonistic Behavior In Previously Defeated Female And Male Syrian Hamsters, Matia B. Solomon

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Following social defeat, male hamsters exhibit behavioral changes characterized by a breakdown of normal territorial aggression and an increase in submissive/defensive behaviors in the presence of a non-aggressive intruder (NAI). We have termed this phenomenon conditioned defeat (CD). By contrast, only a small subset of defeated females exhibit submissive/defensive behavior in the presence of a NAI. We hypothesized that fluctuations in gonadal hormones might contribute to differences in the display of submissive behavior in intact female hamsters. Following social defeat, proestrous females (higher endogenous estradiol) were more likely to display conditioned defeat compared with diestrous 1 (lower endogenous estradiol) females. …