Burt S Alexandra, Mikolajewski Amy J, Larson Christine L
Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA.
Aggress Behav. 2009 Nov-Dec;35(6):453-61. doi: 10.1002/ab.20324.
There is mounting evidence that physical aggression and nonaggressive, rule-breaking delinquency constitute two separable though correlated subtypes of antisocial behavior. Even so, it remains unclear whether these behavioral subtypes have meaningfully different interpersonal correlates, particularly as they are subsumed within the same broad domain of antisocial behavior. To evaluate this, we examined whether hostile perceptions of others (assessed via exposure to a series of neutral unknown faces) were linked to level and type of antisocial behavior aggression vs. rule-breaking, and moreover, whether this association persisted even when also considering the common association with negative affect (as manipulated via written recollection of one's best and worst life experiences). Analyses revealed that aggression, but not rule-breaking, was uniquely tied to hostile perceptions of others. Furthermore, this association persisted over and above the common association of both hostile perceptions and aggression with negative affect (at both trait and state levels). Such results provide additional support for clinically meaningful differences between the behavioral subtypes of aggression and nonaggressive rule-breaking and for the independent role of hostile perceptions in aggressive behavior.
越来越多的证据表明，身体攻击行为和非攻击性的违规犯罪行为构成了反社会行为的两种可分离但相关的亚型。即便如此，这些行为亚型是否具有显著不同的人际关联仍不明确，尤其是因为它们都包含在反社会行为这个宽泛的领域内。为了评估这一点，我们研究了对他人的敌意认知（通过让受试者接触一系列中性的陌生面孔来评估）是否与反社会行为的程度和类型（攻击行为与违规行为）相关，此外，即使考虑到与消极情绪的共同关联（通过让受试者书面回忆自己最好和最坏的生活经历来操控消极情绪），这种关联是否依然存在。分析结果显示，攻击行为而非违规行为与对他人的敌意认知存在独特的关联。此外，这种关联在考虑到敌意认知和攻击行为与消极情绪的共同关联（在特质和状态层面）之后依然存在。这些结果为攻击行为和非攻击性违规行为这两种行为亚型在临床上的显著差异以及敌意认知在攻击行为中的独立作用提供了更多支持。
