Bullied youths are much more likely to have violent fantasies, new study shows

[ReSTART]

Error - Cookies Turned Off

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

The results demonstrate that exposure to multiple forms of victimization across different domains is closely associated with the frequency of ideations about killing, attacking, or humiliating another person, controlling for a range of prospective risk factors that capture between‐individual variation in the propensity to experience violent ideations. The findings add to the evidence on the effects of victimization on a range of negative other‐related emotional and cognitive processes such as anger and the attribution of hostile intent as well as less moral censure on own violent behavior. They may be indicative of an evolved motivational complex that is triggered by the experience of intentional threats to one's own well‐being and that has responses associated with revenge and retaliation at its core. They are also consistent with the notion that intentional threats to one's well‐being trigger angry emotions, which, in turn, make aggression‐related cognitive scripts more accessible.

 

[tankasnowgod]

Error - Cookies Turned Off

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Sooooo..... kids dream about beating up the school bully, basically?

This seems like one of those waste of time and money studies that Reagan talked about on the Tonight Show back in 1975.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IWY6uLaxKE