Effects of anger on dominance-seeking and aggressive behaviors
| Autor: | João Carlos Centurion Cabral, Rosa Maria Martins de Almeida |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Aggression
media_common.quotation_subject Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Anger Moderation behavioral disciplines and activities Developmental psychology Sadness Dominance hierarchy Dominance (ethology) Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Feeling mental disorders behavior and behavior mechanisms Agonistic behaviour medicine medicine.symptom Psychology psychological phenomena and processes Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics media_common |
| Zdroj: | Evolution and Human Behavior. 40:23-33 |
| ISSN: | 1090-5138 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.07.006 |
| Popis: | Anger may have evolved to orchestrate social bargaining behaviors, which ultimately can lead to establishment of dominance hierarchies. Although the relationship between anger and dominance has strong empirical support, most studies have focused on visual cues of dominance. Across two experiments, we tested the hypothesis that anger increases dominance-seeking and agonistic behaviors in those who feel it. In the first experiment (n = 82), we induced anger through a hostile mock debate and measured corrugator electromyographic activity, testosterone and cortisol levels, status-seeking tendency, and aggression using behavioral tasks. Compared with the control group, the anger group showed higher levels of aggression and status seeking, with the moderator effect of anger intensity. In the second experiment (n = 162), anger, fear, sadness, and neutral state were induced by film clips, after which dominance-related behavioral tendencies were assessed. The anger group showed higher dominance scores, differing significantly from the fear, sadness, and/or control groups. These findings reinforce the notion that feelings of anger can cause an increase in status-seeking and agonistic behaviors, leading to possible action tendencies for the establishment of dominance hierarchies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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