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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

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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
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Erle, Thorsten M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Barth, Niklas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kalke, Friederike UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Duttler, Gabriel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lange, Harald UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Petko, Andreas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Topolinski, Sascha UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9295-3463 UNSPECIFIED
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
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie Center of Excellence C-SEB
Subjects:	Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language IMPLICIT ASSOCIATION TEST; BEHAVIOR; ANGER; WEAPONS; CUES Multiple languages Behavioral Sciences; Psychology, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/24823