The anatomy of an insult: Popular derogatory terms connote important individual differences in Agreeableness/Antagonism |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA;2. Dept of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA;1. Semmes Murphey Clinic, Memphis, TN, USA;2. Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, East Hall, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA;3. Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, 200 Retreat Ave, Whitehall Building, Hartford, CT 06106, USA;4. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, Abbott Hall, Suite 1314, Chicago, IL 60611, USA;5. The non-profit MIND Research Network, an affiliate of Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute (LBERI), 1101 Yale Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA;6. Departments of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Law, University of New Mexico, 1 University of New Mexico MSC03 2220, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA;7. Department of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA |
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| Abstract: | In the current series of studies, we investigate the psychosocial connotations of common insults. In Studies 1 and 2, we investigated the most frequently used insults to denigrate men and women (asshole, dick, bitch), and generated trait profiles that can be considered prototypical of each insult. In Studies 3 and 4, we examined how these insults are relevant to other key indicators of interpersonal functioning, including aggression, social information processing, personality disorders, and substance use. We also gathered thin-slice and informant reports. Each of the insults was associated with trait Antagonism, as well as other behaviors that comprise Antagonism’s nomological network (e.g., bullying, psychopathy, etc.). Results are discussed in terms of the importance of everyday language to psychological research. |
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| Keywords: | Insults Five factor model Antagonism Externalizing behavior Lexical hypothesis |
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