Effects of Situational Aggression Cues: A Quantitative Review

Meta-analytic procedures were used to assess the degree to which aggression-related cues present in the environment facilitate aggressive responding among negatively aroused subjects. The first study, which examined the so-called weapons effect, the effect of name-mediated cues, and other cue effect...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 1990-04, Vol.58 (4), p.622-633
Main Authors: Carlson, Michael, Marcus-Newhall, Amy, Miller, Norman
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affect
Affectivity. Emotion
Aggression - psychology
Aggressive Behavior
Aggressiveness
Anger
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition
Cues
Emotional States
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Impulsive Behavior - psychology
Interpersonal Relations
Judgment
Meta Analysis
Meta-Analysis as Topic
Models, Psychological
Personality. Affectivity
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Research Design
Social Environment
Violence
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Summary:Meta-analytic procedures were used to assess the degree to which aggression-related cues present in the environment facilitate aggressive responding among negatively aroused subjects. The first study, which examined the so-called weapons effect, the effect of name-mediated cues, and other cue effects, showed clear evidence that aggression cues augment aggressive responses in negatively aroused subjects. This was true for the overall analysis and for name-mediated cues, but confirmation of the weapons effect was restricted to cases wherein subject sophistication and evaluation apprehension were low. A second study used partial correlation analysis to assess independently the effects of seven potential mediators of aggression cue effects. Of these, target-based facilitation and harm capacity of the aggressive response were found to mediate the magnitude of cue-facilitated aggression. A third study showed that these mediators augmented cue effects among neutral as well as negatively aroused subjects. These outcomes are interpreted as emphasizing the role of cognitive factors in the expression of both impulsive and nonimpulsive aggression.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.58.4.622