How goal-fulfillment decreases aggression |
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Authors: | Markus Denzler,Jens Fö rster |
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Affiliation: | a Universiteit van Amsterdam and Jacobs University Bremen, Department of Social Psychology, Roetersstraat 15, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands b Universiteit van Amsterdam, Department of Social Psychology, Roetersstraart 15, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands c Tel Aviv University, Department of Psychology, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel |
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Abstract: | We suggest that the goal to aggress increases accessibility of aggressive thoughts, and that after goal-fulfillment, accessibility of aggressive content is reduced. Experiment 1 showed an increase in accessibility of aggression after imagining an aggression-eliciting situation compared to non-aggressive content. After goal-fulfillment the accessibility of aggression was reduced, regardless of whether fulfillment was achieved by imagining physical or symbolic revenge. Experiment 2 showed similar effects for a non-aggressive conflict-resolution and, in addition, demonstrated a post-fulfillment reduction in actual aggressive behavior. Experiment 3 demonstrated that aggressive acts that do not constitute goal-fulfillment instead increase accessibility of aggression. Relations between our model and previous views on catharsis of aggression are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Aggression Accessibility Goal-fulfillment Priming Catharsis |
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