Effects of mood and cognition on the social information-processing mechanisms underlying aggression
- UNCW Author/Contributor (non-UNCW co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Daniel Joseph Fisher (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW )
- Web Site: http://library.uncw.edu/
- Advisor
- Len Lecci
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of executive functions and
anger activation on the social information-processing mechanisms related to aggressive
behavior. The social information-processing stages examined were attribution, goal
selection, and response evaluation. Participants were randomly assigned to either an
anger or neutral mood induction and listened to three different scenario types: accidental,
ambiguous and hostile. Hypotheses were: 1) the anger group when compared to the
neutral would demonstrate more hostile aggressive responding in interpretation
attribution, goal evaluation, and response evaluation in the ambiguous and hostile
conditions, 2) executive functioning would moderate the relationship between anger and
hostile-aggressive responding. Results are discussed in terms of integrating affect and
executive function into models of social information processing.
Effects of mood and cognition on the social information-processing mechanisms underlying aggression
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Thesis
- A Thesis Submitted to the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Masters of Arts
- Language: English
- Date: 2009
- Keywords
- Affective disorders, Interpersonal relations, Violence
- Subjects
- Interpersonal relations
- Affective disorders
- Violence