ArticleBrain and behavior2021
Trait aggression is associated with five-factor personality traits in males.
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- Factors associated with violent behavior among hospitalized adolescents with affective disorders: a two-center cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Aggression Unleashed: Neural Circuits from Scent to Brain.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Personality Traits and Family Environment: Antecedents of Child Aggression.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Neuroticism and Aggressive Behavior among Left-Behind Children: The Mediating Roles of Interpersonal Sensitivity and Bullying Victimization.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Relationship Between Personality Traits and Violence Involvement -a Study of High School Students in Northern Iraq.Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH · 2022Article
- How the Big Five personality traits related to aggression from perspectives of the benign and malicious envy.BMC psychology · 2022Article
- Trait aggression is associated with five-factor personality traits in males.Brain and behavior · 2021Article
- The Role of Intrasexual Competition and the Big 5 in the Perpetration of Digital Dating Abuse.Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behaviorArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough aggression is conceptualized as a dimensional construct with violent behavior representing the extreme end of a spectrum, studies on the involvement of personality traits in human aggression have typically only included data representing a restricted spectrum of aggressive behaviors.
methodsIn the current study, we therefore examine whether trait aggression is associated with five-factor model personality traits in an enriched sample of 259 men with a broad continuum of trait aggression, ranging from very low to very high including 39 incarcerated aggressive violent offenders. All participants completed the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO PI-R) and the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ). The association between each of the five NEO PI-R personality traits and trait aggression (BPAQ) was investigated using five linear regression models, covarying for group status, age and educational level.
resultsHigher BPAQ scores were positively associated with Neuroticism and negatively associated with Agreeableness and Conscientiousness.
conclusionOur results indicate that those high in Neuroticism and low in Agreeableness and Conscientiousness are at higher risk of exhibiting aggressive behavior, underlining the relevance of these higher order personality traits in understanding aggressive behavior. We argue that studying individual personality differences should be offered a greater attention within violent and criminal behaviors.
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