Sex Differences in Behavioral Reactions to Provocation of Anger
- 1 February 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 64 (1) , 23-26
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1989.64.1.23
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine sex differences in behavioral reactions to provocation of anger. In a field study, 72 subjects recorded all anger-arousing incidents for a 2-wk. period. Physical and Verbal Antagonism were found in more reports by men while Passive Consent was noted in more reports by women. For a laboratory study, 101 subjects responded to self-report scales of behavioral responses after exposure to an insulting letter. No sex differences were noted in subjects' self-reports of behavioral reactions. Variations in design are brought to bear in interpreting the findings.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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