Erle, Thorsten M., Barth, Niklas, Kalke, Friederike, Duttler, Gabriel, Lange, Harald, Petko, Andreas and Topolinski, Sascha ORCID: 0000-0001-9295-3463
(2017).
Are Target-Shooters More Aggressive Than the General Population?
Aggressive Behav., 43 (1).
S. 3 - 14.
HOBOKEN:
WILEY-BLACKWELL.
ISSN 1098-2337
Abstract
Although psychological research shows that guns are aggressive cues, proponents of liberal gun control argue that people rather than guns are to blame for gun-related violence. For instance, athletic target-shooters might classify guns as athletic rather than aggressive stimuli and thus should not be more aggressive than the general population. The present work investigated aggression and emotion-regulation in target-shooters. A longitudinal study found that initial self-reported aggression in target-shooters was higher than in the general population and further increased over 1 year. Additionally, the sample exhibited deficient emotion-regulation strategies, and this was related to self-reported aggression. In contrast, their implicit self-construct became more peaceful over time but was unrelated to all other measures. Two further cross-sectional experiments explored the causal impact of athletic target-shooting and other athletic activities (shooting a basketball) on aggression. Target-shooters and basketball players were tested before and after their regular team practice and aggressive thoughts and feelings were measured. Target-shooting but not basketball practice activated aggressive and anxiety-related thought more strongly than positive thought. Future research avenues, implications for the indirect measurement of aggression, and possible interventions to decrease aggression in target-shooters are discussed. (C) 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-248234 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1002/ab.21657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Aggressive Behav. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | S. 3 - 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date: | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | WILEY-BLACKWELL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of Publication: | HOBOKEN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1098-2337 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty: | Faculty of Human Sciences Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie Center of Excellence C-SEB |
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Subjects: | Psychology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/24823 |
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