Self-Reported Aggression and the Perception of Anger in Facial Expression Photos

• Published in: The journal of psychology Vol. 140; no. 3; pp. 255 - 267
• Main Author: Hall, Cathy W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Heldref 01.05.2006; Taylor & Francis Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Affect; Aggression; Aggressiveness; Anger; Attitudes; Bias; Emotions; Error; Face; Facial Expression; Female; Humans; Hypothesis testing; Male; Otherness; Pattern Recognition, Visual; Perception; Perceptions; Personality; Photography; Psychology; Recognition (Psychology); Researchers; Self report; Self-perception; Students; Teenagers; Universities; Visual Perception

The author's purpose in this study was to assess the relationship between self-reported aggression and "seeing" anger in others. Eighty-four undergraduate participants completed a self-report questionnaire about their own aggression (i.e., aggressive attitude, verbal aggression, and p...