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Andreu Vigil-Colet1, Fabia Morales-Vives, Jordi Tous

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Impulsivity and aggression show consistent relationships across university students, teenagers, and workers. Anger influences aggression differently by age, with young people tending towards physical aggression and adults towards verbal aggression.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Criminology
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • Impulsive aggression, defined as acting without thinking due to high impulsivity, has been studied using psychometric measures.
  • Previous research indicates a link between impulsivity and aggression, primarily in university student samples.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the stability of the relationship between impulsivity and aggression across diverse age groups.
  • To examine how anger influences aggression patterns in different age demographics.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study comparing psychometric measures of impulsivity and aggression.
  • Inclusion of three distinct samples: university students, teenagers, and workers.

Main Results:

  • A consistent pattern of impulsivity-aggression relationships was observed across all tested samples.
  • Impulsivity was particularly associated with emotional and instrumental aggression facets.
  • Age-dependent effects of anger on aggression were identified, with a shift from physical to verbal aggression.

Conclusions:

  • The relationship between impulsivity and aggression is robust across different populations.
  • Anger's impact on aggression varies with age, suggesting developmental trajectories in aggressive behavior expression.