Gender differences in aggression as a function of provocation: A meta-analysis
Gender differences in aggression as a function of provocation: A meta-analysis
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DOI：
10.1037/0033-2909.119.3.422
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发表时间：
1996-05-01
影响因子：
22.4
通讯作者：
Miller, N
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作者：
Bettencourt, BA;Miller, N
在这篇文章中，我们通过元分析检验实验研究来评估挑衅对攻击行为性别差异的调节作用。一致的证据表明，尽管无缘无故的男性比女性更具攻击性，但挑衅明显缩小了这种性别差异。在对挑衅强度和对报复危险的恐惧(但不是负面影响)的评价上，性别差异部分地调节了挑衅的减弱效应。然而，它们并不能完全解释其被操纵的效果。挑衅类型和其他背景变量也会影响攻击性的性别差异。这一结果支持了攻击性性别差异的社会角色分析，并反驳了A.H.Eagly和V.Steffen(1986)的元分析无法证实挑衅对攻击性性别差异的减弱作用。
In this article, we meta-analytically examine experimental studies to assess the moderating effect of provocation on gender differences in aggression. Convergent evidence shows that, whereas unprovoked men are more aggressive than women, provocation markedly attenuates this gender difference. Gender differences in appraisals of provocation intensity and fear of danger from retaliation (but not negative affect) partially mediate the attenuating effect of provocation. However, they do not entirely account for its manipulated effect. Type of provocation and other contextual variables also affect the magnitude of gender differences in aggression. The results support a social role analysis of gender differences in aggression and counter A. H. Eagly and V. Steffen's (1986) meta-analytic inability to confirm an attenuating effect of provocation on gender differences in aggression.