On the Formation and Regulation of Anger and Aggression: A Cognitive-Neoassociationistic Analysis.

Berkowitz, Leonard

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Publication Date: 1990

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On the Formation and Regulation of Anger and Aggression: A Cognitive-Neoassociationistic Analysis.

Berkowitz, Leonard

American Psychologist, v45 n4 p494-503 Apr 1990

Proposes a cognitive-neoassociationistic model to account for the effects of negative affect on the development of angry feelings and the display of emotional aggression. Summarizes psychological studies that indicate that attention to one's negative feelings can lead to a regulation of the overt effects of the negative affect. (FMW)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, Anger, Association (Psychology), Behavior Change, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Psychology, Emotional Response, Models, Psychological Studies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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Note: Paper presented at the 1989 meeting of the American Psychological Association (New Orleans, LA, August, 1989).