Is the curve relating temperature to aggression linear or curvilinear? Assaults and temperature in Minneapolis reexamined
Is the curve relating temperature to aggression linear or curvilinear? Assaults and temperature in Minneapolis reexamined
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-3514.89.1.62
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发表时间：
2005-07-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Anderson, CA
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作者：
Bushman, BJ;Wang, MC;Anderson, CA
E. G. Cohn和J. Rotton（1997）利用明尼阿波利斯每隔3小时记录的档案数据得出结论，温度和攻击之间存在倒u型关系，最大攻击率发生在华氏74.9度。他们通过绘制温度与攻击的关系来描述这种关系。然而，这个情节没有考虑到一天中的时间。一天中的时间与温度和攻击密切相关，但方向相反。在晚上9点到第二天凌晨2点59分之间，也就是大多数性侵犯发生的时间，温度和性侵犯之间存在正线性关系。明尼阿波利斯的数据实际上为温度和攻击之间的正线性（或单调）关系提供了比倒u型关系更强有力的支持。
Using archival data from Minneapolis recorded in 3-hr time intervals, E. G. Cohn and J. Rotton (1997) concluded that there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between temperature and assault, with the maximum assault rate occurring at 74.9 F. They depicted this relationship by plotting temperature against assault. This plot, however, fails to take into account time of day. Time of day was strongly related to both temperature and assault, but in opposite directions. Between 9:00 p.m. and 2:59 a.m. of the next day, when most assaults occurred, there was a positive linear relationship between temperature and assault. The Minneapolis data actually provide stronger support of a positive linear (or monotonic) relationship between temperature and assault than of an inverted U-shaped relationship.