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Trait Aggressiveness and Aggressive Behavior: The Simultaneous Influence of Contextual Variables

Publicated to:Psychology of Violence. 12 (6): 438-449 - 2022-08-11 12(6), DOI: 10.1037/vio0000446

Authors: Santos, David; Paredes, Borja; Brinol, Pablo; Petty, Richard E

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IE Univ, IE Sch Human Sci & Technol, Castellon Plana 8, Madrid 28006, Spain - Author
Ohio State Univ, Psychol Dept, Columbus, OH 43210 USA - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Psychol Dept, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

Objective: The present research examined whether trait aggressiveness was more associated with aggressive behavior in relevant situations (playing a high-violence video game as compared to a low-violence video game) and when participants had an agent (perpetrator) rather than a victim role. Method: Two studies were conducted with female undergraduate students. In Study 1, female participants first reported their level of trait aggressiveness. After completing the scale, participants were randomly assigned to a behavioral manipulation of the agent or victim role that required participants to either give or receive noise blasts. Afterward, they were randomly assigned to play a high- or low-violence video game. Finally, we assessed a measure of aggression as the dependent variable. Study 2 used a similar design and procedure and was intended to generalize the results to behavioral intentions of aggression using a priming task of the role manipulation through an imagination task. Results: Across two studies, playing a high- versus low-violence video game moderated the relationship between trait aggressiveness and aggressive behavior only when female participants were cast in a role relevant to the trait (agent) but not when the role was less relevant to trait aggressiveness (victim). Conclusions: Trait aggressiveness was most predictive of aggressive behavior when female participants adopted an agent (perpetrator) role and also played a high-violence video game. This research supports the idea that women acted on their traits more when the situation and the role are more relevant to the trait, because the trait seems like a more valid basis of behavior.

Keywords

AggressivenessDesensitizationExposureHostilityIdentificationModelModerating rolePersonalityPowerSocial rolesThoughtsVideo gamesViolenceViolent video games

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Psychology of Violence due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position 15/70, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Criminology & Penology.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 3.57. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 3.35 (source consulted: Dimensions Sep 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-09-07, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 4
  • Scopus: 4

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-09-07:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 15 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: United States of America.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (SANTOS VELASCO, DAVID) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been SANTOS VELASCO, DAVID.