Aggressive Impulse Management

攻击性冲动管理

• 批准号: 1348553
• 负责人: Brad Bushman
• 金额: $ 31.5万
• 依托单位: Ohio State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-01 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1348553&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Aggressive; Impulse; Management

Aggression takes a tremendous toll on society, and it is vital to learn how people may withhold their aggressive impulses. Unfortunately, people seem to have fewer and less effective techniques for controlling aggression than for controlling other emotional impulses. A key problem is that popular strategies for reducing aggression tend to be least effective in the heat of the moment, when tempers can flare. The proposed research introduces a new motivational approach that circumvents this problem. This work will contribute towards the development of more efficient methods for reducing aggression. This is critically important, as aggression reduction is instrumental in preventing countless acts of violence, ranging from domestic violence to aggravated assault and homicide. The proposed research will target aggressive impulses directly. Prior research has shown that aggressive impulses are characterized by a strong drive towards approach actions, for instance, to blurt out an insulting remark or to hit someone. By blocking this motivation towards approach actions, it may be possible to lower people's impulse to aggress. The proposed research will systematically investigate these motivational influences, and will test whether experimentally manipulating avoidance (versus approach) motivation can reduce the impact of factors that are known to increase aggression, including alcohol, the male sex hormone testosterone, and exposure to media violence. In addition, the proposed research will develop a training program that is geared towards reducing the motivation to aggress. It is expected that lowering approach motivation will particularly reduce aggression among angry individuals who are driven by their impulses and, thus, otherwise most likely to aggress.

攻击性给社会带来了巨大的损失，学习人们如何抑制攻击性冲动是至关重要的。不幸的是，人们控制攻击性的技巧似乎比控制其他情绪冲动的技巧少得多。一个关键的问题是，减少攻击性的常用策略往往在情绪最激烈的时候效果最差，因为此时脾气可能会爆发。本研究引入了一种新的激励方法来规避这一问题。这项工作将有助于发展更有效的减少侵略的方法。这一点至关重要，因为减少侵略有助于防止从家庭暴力到严重攻击和杀人等无数暴力行为。拟议的研究将直接针对攻击性冲动。先前的研究表明，攻击性冲动的特征是对接近行为的强烈驱动，例如，脱口而出侮辱性的话或殴打某人。通过阻止这种接近行为的动机，可能会降低人们的攻击冲动。拟议的研究将系统地调查这些动机的影响，并将测试实验操纵回避（相对于接近）动机是否可以减少已知会增加攻击性的因素的影响，包括酒精、男性性激素睾丸激素和接触媒体暴力。此外，拟议的研究将制定一个旨在减少攻击动机的训练计划。预期降低接近动机会特别减少愤怒个体的攻击性，因为他们是由冲动驱使的，因此，在其他情况下，他们最有可能攻击。