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(2017): Punches or punchlines?. Honor, face, and dignity cultures encourage different reactions to provocation. In: Humor 30 (3). DOI: 10.1515/humor-2016-0087
Abstract: Research on culture-related violence has typically focused on honor cultures and their justification of certain forms of aggression as reactions to provocation. In contrast, amusement and humor as the preferred reactions to provocation remain understudied phenomena, especially in a cross-cultural context. In an attempt to remedy this, participants from an honor culture (Poland), dignity culture (Canada), and face culture (China) were asked how they would react and how they would like to react to a series of provocative scenarios. Results confirmed that aggression may be the preferred reaction to provocation in honor cultures, while the preferred reaction to provocation in dignity cultures may be based on humor and amusement. The third kind of provocation reaction, withdrawal, turned out to be more complex but was most popular in dignity and face cultures. Furthermore, results confirmed that the way individuals think they would behave is more culturally diversified than the way individuals would like to behave. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved) zitiert von 1
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(2017): Trait anger, neuroticism, and the hostile reaction to provocation. Examining the hierarchical organization of affective traits in context. In: Motivation and Emotion 41 (6), S. 713-729. DOI: 10.1007/s11031-017-9637-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-017-9637-3 Abstract: It has been suggested that the broad trait of neuroticism may predict the tendency to become aggressive when provoked. Based on functionalist theories of emotion, however, we suspected that only the more specific trait of anger would predict such tendencies. To test these competing predictions, two laboratory studies and one daily diary study were conducted. Consistent with functionalist accounts, trait anger consistently predicted the angry emotional and aggressive behavioral response to provocation, even after controlling for neuroticism. This was true in relation to laboratory-based provocations and in provocations experienced in daily life. Neuroticism only predicted a more diverse negative emotional reaction. It is therefore proposed that trait anger clearly elicits an angry emotional response, which directly motivates aggressive behavior. By contrast, neuroticism may lead to a very diverse reaction which elicits different and even contradictory behavioral tendencies. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)
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(2017): The power of status. What determines one's reactions to anger in a social situation?. In: Personality and Individual Differences 114, S. 61-68. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.03.057
Abstract: The present study examined how social status and gender determine anger expression and behavioral reactions toward experienced anger. In two experiments, anger was induced in a staged social interaction. Behavioral anger reactions were judged by observers. In Experiment 1 (equal status condition; N = 110) participants were provoked by a confederate, in Experiment 2 (low status condition; N = 116) participants were provoked by the experimenter. We found that participants expressed their anger to a lesser extent, were less resistant, and engaged in submissive behaviors if they had a lower status than the anger-target. As expected, gender had a moderating effect: While women's anger reactions were affected by having a lower status than the anger-target, men's anger reactions were affected by low status only when interacting with a female anger-target. Our findings provide new evidence regarding behavioral reactions to anger. zitiert von 2
2007
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(2007): Violence restrained. Effects of self-regulation and its depletion on aggression. In: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 43 (1), S. 62-76. DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2005.12.005
Abstract: Aggressive impulses arise from many factors, but they are usually held in check by social norms for self-control. Thus, the proximal cause of aggression is often failure of self-restraint. In five studies, depleted capacity for self-regulation (caused by prior, even irrelevant acts of self-regulation) increased aggressive responding, especially after an insulting provocation. When participants were insulted and their self-regulatory strength was depleted (i.e., after completing previous tasks that required self-regulation), participants were more likely to aggress. When the urge to aggress was relatively weaker (i.e., when participants were not insulted), self-regulatory depletion did not increase aggressive behavior. This effect was moderated by trait self-control: Participants low in trait self-control were particularly likely to express intentions of behaving aggressively in response to provocation, whereas participants high in trait self-control did not express intentions of responding aggressively. Laboratory, autobiographical memory, and hypothetical responses confirmed the pattern. zitiert von 723
2006
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(2006): Effects of Provocation on Emotions and Aggression. An Experimental Study with Aggressive Children. In: Swiss Journal of Psychology 65 (2), S. 117-124. DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.65.2.117
Abstract: Examined the effects of an experimentally induced provocation on emotions and aggression in 34 aggressive conduct-disordered children using a competitive reaction time paradigm. Two experimental conditions were created, an increasing provocation and a low constant provocation condition. Self-rated anger was assessed directly after provocation on a 5-point visual scale. In addition, negative and positive emotions as well as physiological measures (heart rate and skin conductance level) were measured at baseline and after provocation. Results revealed that participants' aggressive behavior and subjective emotions differed as a function of the opponent's level of provocation. Concerning physiological parameters, no significant differences were found between the experimental conditions. The results suggest that affective, but not physiological variables characterize reactive aggression in conduct-disordered children. zitiert von 10
1989
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(1989): Der kurze Atem der Provokation. In: KOLNER ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SOZIOLOGIE UND SOZIALPSYCHOLOGIE 41 (1), S. 33-52
Abstract: Describes provocation from a sociological perspective as a pattern of interaction in social movements. The general structural properties of provocation are outlined: breaking of a norm, surprise, conflict orientation, reaction dependencies, and exposure. Provocation is described as an essential method of delegitimizing power. The role of provocation in the dynamics of social movements is discussed, focusing on the balance between affective processes of community and rational consensus. Aus soziologischer Perspektive werden Provokationen als Handlungsmuster sozialer Bewegungen analysiert. Zunachst werden allgemeine Strukturmerkmale der Provokation (Normbruch, Uberraschung, Konfliktorientierung, Reaktionsangewiesenheit, Entlarvung) beschrieben. Provokationen werden als eine zentrale Methode der Delegitimierung von Macht charakterisiert. Anschliessend wird die Bedeutung von Provokationen fur die Interaktionsdynamik sozialer Bewegungen diskutiert. Im Zentrum steht dabei das Spannungsverhaltnis von affektiver Vergemeinschaftung und rationaler Konsensbildung, die als zwei unterschiedliche Integrationsmodi der Bewegung eingefuhrt werden. zitiert von 49
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