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Gong X, Hu B, Liao S, Qi B, Wang L, He Q, Xia LX. Neural correlates of aggression outcome expectation and their association with aggression: A voxel-based morphometry study. Neurosci Lett 2024; 829:137768. [PMID: 38604300 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2024.137768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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BACKGROUND Aggression outcome expectation is an important cognitive factor of aggression. Discovering the neural mechanism of aggression outcome expectation is conducive to developing aggression research. However, the neural correlates underlying aggression outcome expectation and its effect remain elusive. METHODS We utilized voxel-based morphometry (VBM) to unravel the neural architecture of aggression outcome expectation measured by the Social Emotional Information Processing Assessment for Adults and its relationship with aggression measured by the Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire in a sample of 185 university students (114 female; mean age = 19.94 ± 1.62 years; age range: 17-32 years). RESULTS We found a significantly positive correlation between aggression outcome expectation and the regional gray matter volume (GMV) in the right middle temporal gyrus (MTG) (x = 55.5, y = -58.5, z = 1.5; t = 3.35; cluster sizes = 352, p < 0.05, GRF corrected). Moreover, aggression outcome expectation acted as a mediator underlying the association between the right MTG volume and aggression. CONCLUSIONS These results revealed the neural correlates of aggression outcome expectation and its effect on aggression for the first time, which may contribute to our understanding of the cognitive neural mechanism of aggression and potentially identifying neurobiological markers for aggression.
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- Xinyu Gong
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
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Hou Y, Li X, Xia LX. Common Mechanisms Underlying the Effect of Angry Rumination on Reactive and Proactive Aggression: A Moderated Mediation Model. J Interpers Violence 2024; 39:1035-1057. [PMID: 37750544 DOI: 10.1177/08862605231201819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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The different influencing factors and mechanisms of the two basic kinds of aggression (i.e., reactive and proactive aggression) are salient. However, they also have common influencing factors and mechanisms, which are ignored to some extent. In addition, discovering the common mechanisms is conducive to further revealing the nature and law of aggression. To address these issues, this study tested a relational model incorporating angry rumination, moral disengagement, harm aversion, reactive aggression, and proactive aggression from the perspective of aggressive motivation. A total of 1,186 undergraduate students from eight universities were recruited. The results showed that angry rumination was significantly associated with reactive and proactive aggression. Importantly, moral disengagement acted as a common mediator, and harm aversion acted as a common moderator in the effect of angry rumination on reactive and proactive aggression. Specifically, the enhancement effects of low levels of harm aversion on these relationships are due to that it could promote the effects of angry rumination on the common mediator of moral disengagement. An aggressive motivation perspective was developed to comprehensively explain the common mediating and moderating effects. The present study contributes to a greater understanding of the mechanisms of reactive and proactive aggression and how aggressive motivations shape the model of aggressive behavior. These findings support and extend current aggression theories, especially aggression motivation theories. This study could provide insights for targeted aggression prevention interventions.
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- Yueyi Hou
- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing , China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing , China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing , China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
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Li X, Xia LX. A serial cascade effect of cybervictimization and hostile rumination on the within-person change of moral disengagement. J Pers 2024. [PMID: 38386592 DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 01/14/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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OBJECTIVE There is a lack of clarity regarding the developmental mechanisms underlying moral disengagement (a typical moral personality) at the within-person level. To address this issue, we explore the serial cascade effect of cybervictimization and hostile rumination. METHOD The longitudinal relationships between cybervictimization, hostile rumination, and moral disengagement were explored among 1146 undergraduates, assessed four times (T1-T4) across 2 years. RESULTS The random intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM) analysis revealed that the random intercepts of all variables were positively associated with each other. At the within-person level, cybervictimization at T2 indirectly predicted subsequent changes in moral disengagement at T4 through changes in hostile rumination at T3 (the indirect effect was 0.02); furthermore, moral disengagement at T3 predicted changes in hostile rumination at T4 (β = 0.091). CONCLUSIONS The within-person dynamics of moral disengagement should be partly due to the serial effect of cybervictimization and hostile rumination, whereas hostile rumination and moral disengagement may form a developmental cascade to some degree. These findings and the proposed serial cascade model of moral disengagement could expand our understanding of the developmental mechanism of moral personality. Additionally, caution must be exercised as this study exhibits seemingly small effect sizes and inconsistent results.
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- Xiong Li
- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
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Guo Y, Li R, Xia LX. Effects of relative deprivation on change in displaced aggression and the underlying motivation mechanism: A three-wave cross-lagged analysis. Br J Psychol 2024; 115:1-19. [PMID: 37351801 DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Revised: 04/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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Displaced aggression refers to pernicious acts against innocent people. To date, little is known about mechanisms underlying dynamic changes in displaced aggression. The present study constructed a cross-lagged model to examine the dynamic effects of relative deprivation on displaced aggression and the mediation mechanisms underlying these effects. A total of 1130 undergraduate students participated in this three-wave longitudinal study. The results showed that relative deprivation predicted changes in displaced aggression through concurrent changes in levels of hostile attribution bias and moral disengagement. Hostile attribution bias and moral disengagement could predict each other longitudinally. The relationships between relative deprivation and displaced aggression, and relative deprivation and hostile attribution bias were mutual. This multiple mediation model with two mutually predicting mediators was explained from the aggressive motivation perspective. The findings help inform aggression theories and have implications for the prevention of and interventions against displaced aggression.
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- Yongfen Guo
- Research Centre of Psychology and Social Development, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education (SWU), Chongqing, China
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- Research Centre of Psychology and Social Development, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education (SWU), Chongqing, China
- Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Research Centre of Psychology and Social Development, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education (SWU), Chongqing, China
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Cen YS, Li W, Xia LX. Resting-state neural correlates of individual differences in ignored experience and its deleterious effect. Cereb Cortex 2024; 34:bhad433. [PMID: 37991321 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhad433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023] Open
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Uncovering the neural mechanisms of ostracism experience (including its subclasses of excluded and ignored experiences) is important. However, the resting-state functional brain substrates responsible for individual differences in ostracism experience and its negative effects remain largely undefined. This study explored these issues in a sample of 198 Chinese college students by assessing the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations and functional connectivity. The findings indicated a positive correlation between ignored experience and the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations in the right superior frontal gyrus and the functional connectivity between the right superior frontal gyrus and left cerebellum posterior lobe. Additionally, a negative correlation was found between ignored experience and the functional connectivity between the right superior frontal gyrus and the bilateral insula as well as the bilateral inferior parietal lobule. Moreover, the mediation analysis demonstrated that the effects of the functional connectivities of right superior frontal gyrus-left cerebellum posterior lobe and right superior frontal gyrus-right inferior parietal lobule on revenge intention were mediated by ignored experience. Our study offers novel insights into the neural correlates of both individual variations in ignored experience and its typical deleterious effect. These results could deepen our understanding of individual differences in negative experiences and inspire the development of targeted interventions for social stress from the perspective of the brain.
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- Yu-Shan Cen
- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China
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Wei JM, Xia LX. Neural Correlates of Positive Outcome Expectancy for Aggression: Evidence from Voxel-Based Morphometry and Resting-State Functional Connectivity Analysis. Brain Sci 2023; 14:43. [PMID: 38248258 PMCID: PMC10813425 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci14010043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 12/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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Positive outcome expectancy is a crucial cognitive factor influencing aggression, yet its neural basis remains unclear. Therefore, the present study combined voxel-based morphometry (VBM) with a resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) analysis to investigate the brain correlates of positive outcome expectancy in aggression in young people. In the VBM analysis, multiple linear regression was conducted to explore the relationship between individual differences in aggressive positive outcome expectancy and regional gray matter volume (GMV) among 325 undergraduate students. For the RSFC analysis, seed regions were selected based on the results of the VBM analysis. Subsequently, multiple linear regression was employed to examine whether a significant correlation existed between individual differences in aggressive positive outcome expectancy and the RSFC of seed regions with other brain regions in 304 undergraduate students. The findings indicated that aggressive positive outcome expectancy was positively correlated with GMV in the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), right temporoparietal junction (TPJ), and medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC). Moreover, it was also positively associated with RSFC between the PCC and the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). The prediction analysis indicated robust relationships between aggressive positive outcome expectancy and the GMV in the PCC, right TPJ, as well as the RSFC between the PCC and the left DLPFC. Our research provides the initial evidence for the neural basis of positive outcome expectancy in aggression, suggesting the potential role of the PCC as a hub in its neural network.
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- Jia-Ming Wei
- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China;
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China;
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China
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Wei J, Xia LX. Generating a Moderated Mediation Model of Positive Outcome Expectancy and Aggression. Behav Sci (Basel) 2023; 13:729. [PMID: 37754007 PMCID: PMC10525590 DOI: 10.3390/bs13090729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
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According to previous theories of aggression, positive outcome expectancy for aggression can predict aggression, while moral disengagement and negative outcome expectancy for aggression may, respectively, serve as mediators and moderators in this prediction process. To test the hypothesis, Study 1 first developed the Aggression Outcome Expectancy Questionnaire and examined its two-factor structure, which consists of positive and negative outcome expectancy for aggression. Next, 677 college students were recruited to participate in Study 2 and were asked to complete the Aggression Outcome Expectancy Questionnaire, Civic Moral Disengagement Questionnaire, and Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire. The findings indicated the following: (1) The Aggression Outcome Expectancy Questionnaire for college students demonstrated acceptable reliability and construct validity, confirming the two-factor structure of aggression outcome expectancy. (2) After controlling for sex and age, moral disengagement partially mediated the relationship between positive outcome expectancy and aggression. (3) Negative outcome expectancy for aggression moderated the effect of positive outcome expectancy on aggression, as well as moral disengagement. Specifically, negative outcome expectancy for aggression attenuated the positive predictive effect of positive outcome expectancy on aggression and moral disengagement. In conclusion, the present study extends our understanding of the motivational mechanism of aggression, offering a theoretical reference for preventing and intervening in aggressive behavior among college students.
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- Jiaming Wei
- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China;
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China;
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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Zhi K, Xia LX, Bueno D, Chen Y, Li Z, Laranjeira C. Editorial: Social cognition and mental health among children and youth. Front Psychol 2023; 14:1228526. [PMID: 37408977 PMCID: PMC10319391 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1228526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023] Open
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- Kuiyun Zhi
- School of Public Policy and Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
- China Public Service Evaluation and Research Center, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality of Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Biomedical, Evolutionary, and Developmental Genetics Section, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Public Policy and Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
- China Public Service Evaluation and Research Center, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Psychology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
- School of Education, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
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- School of Health Sciences, Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal
- Centre for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal
- Comprehensive Health Research Centre, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal
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Wang C, Li X, Xia LX. Long-term effect of cybervictimization on displaced aggressive behavior across two years: Mutually predicting mediators of hostile emotion and moral disengagement. Computers in Human Behavior 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2022.107611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Guo Y, Xia LX. Relational model of relative deprivation, revenge, and cyberbullying: A three-time longitudinal study. Aggress Behav 2023. [PMID: 36842166 DOI: 10.1002/ab.22079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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Cyberbullying is a new form of aggression and can have serious consequences. Although the influencing factors of cyberbullying have been explored in the literature, less is known of the longitudinal effects of relative deprivation on cyberbullying and the mediating mechanisms underlying the effect. In this study, we explored these problems. A total of 1143 undergraduates (62.9% women, mean age = 19.46, standard deviation [SD] = 0.95) participated in three rounds of a longitudinal survey with an interval of 6 months and completed a series of self-reported questionnaires assessing relative deprivation, revenge, and cyberbullying. The results of random intercept cross-lagged panel model showed that at between-person level, the random intercepts of relative deprivation, revenge, and cyberbullying were positively associated with each other. At within-person level, relative deprivation and revenge could predict each other over time, and revenge longitudinally predicted cyberbullying. Moreover, revenge mediated the longitudinal effect of relative deprivation on cyberbullying. The results support and develop the view of the general aggression model and deepen our understanding of the development mechanism of cyberbullying.
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- Yongfen Guo
- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Xia LX, Zhou H, Xu F. [Mechanisms of quorum sensing regulating antimicrobial resistance]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2022; 45:1260-1266. [PMID: 36480858 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20220606-00486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to human health, so new strategies are urgently needed to impede antimicrobial resistance. Quorum sensing is an intracellular communication system that is activated to regulate downstream gene transcription when the population density reaches a threshold. Quorum sensing regulates drug resistance by altering biofilm formation and dispersion, efflux pump expression, and bacterial secretion systems, making it a promising target of overcoming antimicrobial resistance. To date, various quorum sensing inhibitors have been found to block quorum sensing by degrading signal molecules, interfering with the recognition and binding of signal molecules and receptors, and interrupting the synthesis of quorum sensing signals. Hence, quorum sensing inhibitors are expected to become a new way to control antimicrobial resistance.
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- L X Xia
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China
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Zhu W, Chen J, Tian X, Wu X, Matkurban K, Qiu J, Xia LX. The brain correlates of hostile attribution bias and their relation to the displaced aggression. J Affect Disord 2022; 317:204-211. [PMID: 36029872 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.08.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hostile attribution bias (HAB) has been considered as a risk factor of various types of psychosocial adjustment problem, and contributes to displaced aggression (DA). The neural basis of HAB and the underlying mechanisms of how HAB predicts DA remain unclear. METHODS The current study used degree centrality (DC) and resting-sate functional connectivity (RSFC) to investigate the functional connection pattern related to HAB in 503 undergraduate students. Furthermore, the "Decoding" was used to investigate which psychological components the maps of the RSFC-behavior may be related to. Finally, to investigate whether and how the RSFC pattern, HAB predicts DA, we performed mediation analyses. RESULTS We found that HAB was negatively associated with DC in bilateral temporal poles (TP) and positively correlated with DC in the putamen and thalamus; Moreover, HAB was negatively associated with the strength of functional connectivity between TP and brain regions in the theory of mind network (ToM), and positively related to the strength of functional connectivity between the thalamus and regions in the ToM network. The "Decoding" showed the maps of the RSFC-behavior may involve the theory mind, autobiographic, language, comprehension and working memory. Mediation analysis further showed that HAB mediated the relationship between some neural correlates of the HAB and DA. LIMITATIONS The current results need to be further tested by experimental methods or longitudinal design in further studies. CONCLUSIONS These findings shed light on the neural underpinnings of HAB and provide a possible mediation model regarding the relationships among RSFC pattern, HAB, and displaced aggression.
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- Wenfeng Zhu
- Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China; Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China; Tianjin Social Science Laboratory of Students' Mental Development and Learning, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China; Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China; Tianjin Social Science Laboratory of Students' Mental Development and Learning, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China; Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China; Tianjin Social Science Laboratory of Students' Mental Development and Learning, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China; Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China; Tianjin Social Science Laboratory of Students' Mental Development and Learning, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China; Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China; Tianjin Social Science Laboratory of Students' Mental Development and Learning, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Southwest University, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Southwest University, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China.
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Cen Y, Su S, Dong Y, Xia LX. Longitudinal effect of self-control on reactive-proactive aggression: Mediating roles of hostile rumination and moral disengagement. Aggress Behav 2022; 48:583-594. [PMID: 35853143 DOI: 10.1002/ab.22046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2021] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Self-control is a well-known inhibitor of aggression, but the effect of self-control on different kinds of aggression (such as reactive-proactive aggression) and the underlying mediating mechanisms of these effects are unclear. We developed a mediation model to address these issues. A three-wave study was conducted with a sample of 1203 qualifying Chinese undergraduates to test the model. The results showed that self-control at Wave 1 negatively predicted reactive aggression at Wave 3 through mediating effects of hostile rumination and moral disengagement at Wave 2 at the same time, while self-control at Wave 1 negatively predicted proactive aggression at Wave 3 only through moral disengagement at Wave 2. Furthermore, the longitudinal relationship between hostile rumination and moral disengagement is mutual. The current findings support our hypotheses regarding the mediation model of self-control inhibiting reactive-proactive aggression and suggest that moral disengagement should be a common and basic variable to predict most kinds of aggression; further, hostile rumination only has a particular effect on reactive aggression. The present study used motivation theory to explain its mediation model, which develops aggressive theory regarding varied common influencing factors and underlying mediating mechanisms of reactive and proactive aggression.
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- Yushan Cen
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
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Gong X, Quan F, Wang L, Zhu W, Lin D, Xia LX. The relationship among regional gray matter volume in the brain, Machiavellianism and social aggression in emerging adulthood: A voxel-based morphometric study. Curr Psychol 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-03574-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Su S, Zhang J, Xia LX. The relationship between Group relative deprivation and aggressive collective action online toward deprivation-related Provocateurs within the Group: the mediating role of hostile feelings. Curr Psychol 2022; 42:1-11. [PMID: 35990206 PMCID: PMC9382011 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-03530-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Aggressive collective action online has many negative impacts on the online environment and can even lead to political violence or social panic in the offline world. Although the effect of relative deprivation on aggression toward the compared object is well known, the influence of relative deprivation on aggressive collective action online toward deprivation-related provocateurs within the group has been ignored. Thus, this study attempted to explore the effect, as well as the mediating mechanism underlying it. We found that group relative deprivation manipulated by an employment problem scenario (with the triggering event as a covariable) can enhance aggressive collective action online toward deprivation-related provocateurs within the group, with hostile feelings mediating the effect. These results support and develop the relative deprivation theory, frustration-aggression theory, stress and coping theory, and deepen the understanding of the relationship between relative deprivation and aggression. The findings also suggest that colleges should focus more on graduate employment problems and decreasing the relative deprivation experienced by undergraduate students in efforts to prevent aggressive collective action online.
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- Shu Su
- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, 400715 Chongqing, China
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, 400715 Chongqing, China
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, 400715 Chongqing, China
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OBJECTIVE Proactive aggression can result in many economic, social, and health problems. It has two levels: trait and state. Although the neural basis of trait proactive aggression is becoming clearer, the neural basis of state proactive aggression has been largely ignored and remains unclear. METHOD We explore the basic brain correlates of state proactive aggression using a reward-interference task (RIT), in which participants play a competitive reactive time task against an opponent. They can make decision to give the opponent noise interference for winning the game and gaining reward or not. Forty healthy participants from a university in China performed the RIT in the scanner and their functional images were obtained on a 3.0-T Siemens Tim Trio scanner. Finally, 38 participants (21 males, M age = 19.24, SD = 1.32) were included in analyses. RESULTS The results show that relative to the baseline, the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC), anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), temporoparietal junction (TPJ), and inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) were activated by aggression selection and nonaggression selection in the RIT. Furthermore, relative to nonaggression selection, the MPFC, ACC, TPJ, IFG, middle cingulate cortex (MCC), and middle temporal gyrus (MTG) were more strongly activated during aggression selection and correlated with the scores of some of the three basic proactive aggression motivations (instrumental motivation, moral inhibition motivation, and moral approval motivation). CONCLUSION The results provide preliminary evidence of neural correlates for state proactive aggression and should be replicated by other methods or with other samples. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Wenfeng Zhu
- Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest University
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest University
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Li R, Yang R, Huang M, Xia LX. The longitudinal effect of violent attitude on physical aggression and the underlying motivational mechanisms. Personality and Individual Differences 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Wang H, Zhu WF, Xia LX. Brain structural correlates of aggression types from the perspective of disinhibition–control: A voxel-based morphometric study. Curr Psychol 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-02712-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Su S, Quan F, Xia LX. Longitudinal relationships among interpersonal openness trait, hostile attribution bias, and displaced aggressive behaviour: Big Five treated as covariates. Int J Psychol 2021; 56:669-678. [PMID: 33586145 DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Displaced aggressive behaviour is associated with many negative outcomes. Although certain personality traits predict displaced aggressive behaviour, the uniquely longitudinal effect of indigenous interpersonal traits on displaced aggressive behaviour is ignored. To address this gap, we explored the longitudinal relationship among an indigenously interpersonal trait of China (interpersonal openness), hostile attribution bias, and self-reported displaced aggressive behaviour. Additionally, we tested whether hostile attribution bias mediated the relationship between interpersonal openness and self-reported displaced aggressive behaviour. The Interpersonal Self-Support Scale for Undergraduate Students, Word Sentence Association Paradigm for Hostility, Displaced Aggression Questionnaire, and the NEO Personality Inventory-3 were administered to 942 undergraduates on two occasions, 6 months apart. A cross-lagged model showed that, after controlling for the Big Five personality traits, interpersonal openness predicted subsequent hostile attribution bias, and hostile attribution bias predicted self-reported displaced aggressive behaviour 6 months later. Hostile attribution bias at time 2 mediated the relationship between interpersonal openness at time 1 and self-reported displaced aggressive behaviour at time 2. These results were consistent with the interpersonal self-support theory's appraisals of interpersonal openness, and they extended the social information processing and general aggression models to explain displaced aggressive behaviour.
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- Shu Su
- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Faculty of Education, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Li R, Xia LX. The mediating mechanisms underlying the longitudinal effect of trait anger on social aggression: Testing a temporal path model. Journal of Research in Personality 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2020.104018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Zhu W, Chen Y, Xia LX. Childhood maltreatment and aggression: The mediating roles of hostile attribution bias and anger rumination. Personality and Individual Differences 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Cao S, Xia LX. Conscientiousness mediates the link between brain structure and consideration of future consequence. Neuropsychologia 2020; 141:107435. [PMID: 32184099 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2019] [Revised: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The individual difference in valuing immediate and future outcomes is referred to as consideration of future consequences (CFC, including CFC-Future [CFC-F] and CFC-Immediate [CFC-I]), which significantly influences daily behaviour. Although CFC is believed to be affected by brain features and personalities, the relational model of brain correlates, personalities and CFC has yet to be determined. This study was designed to explore the brain structure related to CFC-F and CFC-I and the mediating role of conscientiousness. We adopted a voxel-based morphometry study and used grey matter density (GMD) as an indication of brain structure. The results showed that GMD in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC) was positively associated with CFC-F; however, we did not find relevant regions affecting CFC-I. Furthermore, conscientiousness was found to mediate the relationship between GMD in the VMPFC and CFC-F. This study provides initial evidence concerning the neural basis of CFC-F and argues that the features of brain structure could be associated with CFC-F through related high-order personality traits. Additionally, the distinction between CFC-F and CFC-I may be based on differences in brain structure.
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- Shen Cao
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China.
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Zeng Y, Xia LX. A longitudinal exploration of the relationship between interpersonal openness and anger rumination. soc behav pers 2019. [DOI: 10.2224/sbp.8541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We conducted a longitudinal exploration of the relationship between anger rumination and interpersonal openness, which is an indigenous interpersonal trait in the Chinese cultural context. Participants were 942 undergraduate university students who completed a survey at 2 time points
spaced 6 months apart. Structural equation modeling results showed that interpersonal openness at Time 1 negatively predicted anger rumination at Time 2. In addition, the results of hierarchical linear regression analysis showed that after controlling for the Big Five personality traits at
Time 1, interpersonal openness at Time 1 negatively predicted anger rumination at Time 2. These results provide new evidence to suggest that interpersonal openness may be an interpersonal trait that is related to anger rumination. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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Xiao M, Zhu W, Wei J, Lei X, Xia LX. The relationship among resting-state brain activity and connectivity, agreeableness and displaced aggression: Two possible mediation models. J Affect Disord 2019; 256:641-649. [PMID: 31299446 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.06.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Revised: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Displaced aggression is a specific form of attack prompted by rumination on anger experiences and revenge thought which might lead to expression of anger on innocent people. There is sufficient evidence demonstrating the potential role of agreeableness in reducing displaced aggression in theory. However, little is known about the neural basis of displaced aggression and how agreeableness and the underlying neural mechanisms link to displaced aggression. METHODS In this investigation, we examined these issues on 123 college students by assessing resting-state brain activity (i.e. amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation, ALFF) and connectivity (i.e. resting-state functional connectivity, RSFC). RESULTS Whole-brain correlation analysis revealed that a higher level of displaced aggression was linked with decreased ALFF in the left dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC) and decreased RSFC between the left dmPFC and left ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC). Mediation analysis further revealed that left dmPFC activity and the left dmPFC-vmPFC connectivity mediated the relationship between agreeableness and displaced aggression, as well as agreeableness mediated the relation between left dmPFC activity and the left dmPFC-vmPFC connectivity and displaced aggression. LIMITATIONS Only ALFF and RSFC were used as indicators of brain function in this study. The two mediation models need to be further tested by longitudinal design or experimental methods in further studies. CONCLUSIONS This study suggested that dmPFC and vmPFC might be the functional neural markers of displaced aggression and provided two possible mediation models regarding the relationship among the resting-state brain activity and connectivity, agreeableness and displaced aggression.
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- Mingyue Xiao
- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Southwest University, Ministry of Education, China
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Southwest University, Ministry of Education, China
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Southwest University, Ministry of Education, China
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- Sleep and NeuroImaging Center, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Southwest University, Ministry of Education, China.
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Southwest University, Ministry of Education, China.
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Wang Y, Cao S, Dong Y, Xia LX. Hostile attribution bias and angry rumination: A longitudinal study of undergraduate students. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0217759. [PMID: 31150488 PMCID: PMC6544285 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Angry rumination and hostile attribution bias are important cognitive factors of aggression. Although prior theoretical models of aggression suggest that aggressive cognitive factors may influence each other, there are no studies examining the longitudinal relationship between angry rumination and hostile attribution bias. The present study used cross-lagged structural equation modeling to explore the longitudinal mutual relationship between hostile attribution bias and angry rumination; 941 undergraduate students (38.5% male) completed questionnaires assessing the variables at two time points. The results indicate that hostile attribution bias showed a small but statistically significant effect on angry rumination 6 months later, and angry rumination showed a quite small but marginally significant effect on hostile attribution bias across time. The present study supports the idea that hostile attribution bias influences angry rumination, and argue that the relationship between angry rumination and hostile attribution bias may be mutual. Additionally, the results suggest that there may be a causal relation of different aggression-related cognitive factors.
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- Yueyue Wang
- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
- Laboratory of Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
- * E-mail: (YD); (LXX)
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
- Laboratory of Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
- * E-mail: (YD); (LXX)
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Zhu W, Zhou X, Xia LX. Brain structures and functional connectivity associated with individual differences in trait proactive aggression. Sci Rep 2019; 9:7731. [PMID: 31118455 PMCID: PMC6531458 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-44115-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Although considerable efforts have been made to understand the neural underpinnings of (state) reactive aggression, which is triggered by provocation or perceived threat, little is known about the neural correlates of proactive aggression, which is driven by instrumental motivations to obtain personal gains through aggressive means and which varies dramatically across individuals in terms of tendency of appealing to such means. Here, by combining structural (grey matter density, GMD) and functional (resting-state functional connection, RSFC) fMRI, we investigated brain structures and functional networks related to trait proactive aggression. We found that individual differences in trait proactive aggression were positively associated with GMD in bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and negatively correlated with GMD in posterior cingulate cortex (PCC); they were also negatively correlated with the strength of functional connectivity between left PCC and other brain regions, including right DLPFC, right IPL, right MPFC/ACC, and bilateral precuneus. These findings shed light on the differential brain bases of proactive and reactive aggressions and suggested the neural underpinnings of proactive aggression.
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- Wenfeng Zhu
- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, 400715, Chongqing, China
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- School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China. .,Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China. .,PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China.
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, 400715, Chongqing, China.
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Quan F, Zhu W, Dong Y, Qiu J, Gong X, Xiao M, Zheng Y, Zhao Y, Chen X, Xia LX. Brain structure links trait hostile attribution bias and attitudes toward violence. Neuropsychologia 2019; 125:42-50. [PMID: 30703379 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2018] [Revised: 01/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/26/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The majority of research regarding hostile attribution bias focuses on its effect on aggression. However, little is known about the brain structure associated with trait hostile attribution bias and the mediating mechanism underlying this link. The current study uses voxel-based morphometry (VBM) to identify the brain regions related to individual differences in trait hostile attribution bias, measured by a Word Sentence Association Paradigm - Hostility in a sample of 176 undergraduate students. Subsequently, two mediation models with regard to brain structure, trait hostile attribution bias, and attitudes toward violence (measured by the Attitudes toward Violence Scale) were analyzed. The results reveal that trait hostile attribution bias is positively correlated with gray matter volume (GMV) in the left orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and negatively associated with the left lingual gyrus (LG). Furthermore, attitudes toward violence acted as a mediator underlying the association between the left OFC volume and trait hostile attribution bias. Such bias also mediated the relationship between the left OFC and attitudes toward violence. We argue that attitudes toward violence and trait hostile attribution bias seem to predict each other, and the GMV in the left OFC may involve the underlying cognitive mechanism of the bidirectional relationship between the two variables. These results and ideas may shed light on the current understanding of the relationships of the brain's anatomical features, attitudes toward violence, and trait hostile attribution bias.
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- Fangying Quan
- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, China; Faculty of Education, Guangxi Normal University, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), China
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), China
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- Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, China; Laboratory Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), China.
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), China
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), China
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), China
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- Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), China; Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, China; Laboratory Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China.
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Qiu TH, Ma HY, Xia LX. Efficient images storage via modulating the atomic spin coherence in a N-type system. Opt Express 2018; 26:17739-17747. [PMID: 30114059 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.017739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A four-level N-type cold atomic system is proposed for optimizing images storage based on the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). Both analytical analysis and numerical simulation clearly show that the application, during the storage time, of an additional intensity-modulated signal field and an additional microwave field can impose an intensity and a phase-dependent factors on the atomic spin coherence in a controlled manner, then the amplitude of the retrieved images can be increased or decreased with an enhancement in the visibility. Our results are very promising for the realization of all-optical information processing of images coherently stored in EIT media in the future.
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Wang Y, Zhu W, Xiao M, Zhang Q, Zhao Y, Zhang H, Chen X, Zheng Y, Xia LX. Hostile Attribution Bias Mediates the Relationship Between Structural Variations in the Left Middle Frontal Gyrus and Trait Angry Rumination. Front Psychol 2018; 9:526. [PMID: 29695990 PMCID: PMC5904278 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2017] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Angry rumination is a common mental phenomenon which may lead to negative social behaviors such as aggression. Although numerous neuroimaging studies have focused on brain area activation during angry rumination, to our knowledge no study has examined the neuroanatomical and cognitive mechanisms of this process. In this study, we conducted a voxel-based morphometry analysis, using a region of interest analysis to identify the structural and cognitive mechanisms underlying individual differences in trait angry rumination (as measured by the Angry Rumination Scale) in a sample of 82 undergraduate students. We found that angry rumination was positively correlated with gray matter density in the left middle frontal gyrus (left-MFG), which is implicated in inhibition control, working memory, and emotional regulation. The mediation analysis further revealed that hostile attribution bias (as measured by the Social Information Processing-Attribution Bias Questionnaire) acted as a cognitive mechanism underlying the positive association between the left-MFG gray matter density and trait angry rumination. These findings suggest that hostile attribution bias may contribute to trait angry rumination, while the left-MFG may play an important role in the development of hostile attribution bias and trait angry rumination. The study reveals the brain mechanisms of trait angry rumination and plays a role in revealing the cognitive mechanisms of the development of trait angry rumination.
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- Yueyue Wang
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Gong X, Xia LX, Sun Y, Guo L, Carpenter VC, Fang Y, Chen Y. Proposal Allocation Ratio as a Moderator of Interpersonal Responsibility Effects on Hostile Decision-Making in the Ultimatum Game. Front Psychol 2017; 8:1959. [PMID: 29184518 PMCID: PMC5694473 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Interpersonal responsibility is an indigenous Chinese personality construct, which is regarded to have positive social functions. Two studies were designed to explore the relationship among interpersonal responsibility, proposal allocation ratio, and responders' hostile decisions in an ultimatum game. Study 1 was a scenario study using a hypothetical ultimatum game with a valid sample of 551 high school students. Study 2 was an experimental study which recruited 54 undergraduate students to play the incentivized ultimatum game online. The results of the two studies showed a significantly negative correlation between interpersonal responsibility and responders' rejection responses only when the proposal allocation ratio was 3:7. In addition, in Study 2, interpersonal responsibility had negative effects on responders' rejection responses under the offer of 3:7, even after controlling for the Big Five personality traits. Taken together, proposal allocation ratio might moderate the effects of interpersonal responsibility on hostile decision-making in the ultimatum game. The social function of interpersonal responsibility might be beyond the Big Five.
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- Xinyu Gong
- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Sport Psychology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Xia LX, Gao X, Wang Q, Hollon SD. The relations between interpersonal self-support traits and emotion regulation strategies: a longitudinal study. J Adolesc 2014; 37:779-86. [PMID: 25086455 DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2013] [Revised: 04/05/2014] [Accepted: 05/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Although several cross-sectional surveys have shown that certain traits such as extraversion and neuroticism are related to emotion regulation, few studies have explored the nature of this relationship. The present study tried to explore the longitudinal relation between traits and emotion regulation strategies. The Interpersonal Self-Support Scale for Middle School Students (ISSS-MSS) and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) were administrated to 374 middle school students two times across a 6-month interval. A path analysis via structural equation modeling of the five interpersonal self-support traits and the two emotion regulation strategies was tested. The results showed that interpersonal independence predicted expressive suppression and cognitive reappraisal, and that interpersonal initiative also predicted reappraisal, while reappraisal predicted interpersonal flexibility and interpersonal openness 6 month later. These results support the hypotheses that some personality traits influence certain emotion regulation strategies, while other traits may be influenced by specific emotion regulation strategies.
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- Ling-Xiang Xia
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400715, China; Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400715, China; Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
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Xia LX, Shi XL, Zhang Y, Hollon SD. Interpersonal self-support and attentional bias on negative and positive interpersonal information. International Journal of Psychology 2013; 48:1246-59. [DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2012.738299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Abstract
We explored the relationship between personality and recognition of self-referent/other-referent information with a Chinese indigenous personality construct of personal self-support. We administered a referential processing task (RPT) and an incidental recognition task to 69 undergraduate
students. The results revealed that personal independence and personal initiative (2 components of personal self-support) were associated with positive self-reference and other-reference effects. These findings suggest that people who have greater personal independence or personal initiative
than others do, have positive self- and other schemas. To our knowledge, in no previous study has it been found that personality is associated with processing other-referent information. Therefore, we believe that in our study we have made a contribution to furthering understanding of the
relationship between personality traits and positive other-referent information.
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Xia LX, Ding C, Hollon SD, Fan Q. The Relationship Between Interpersonal Self-Support and Depression: A Longitudinal Study. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 2012. [DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2012.31.8.835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Xia LX, Ding C. The relationship between interpersonal traits and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: analyses from Wenchuan earthquake adolescent survivors in China. J Trauma Stress 2011; 24:487-90. [PMID: 21755544 DOI: 10.1002/jts.20655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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This study explores the relationship between interpersonal traits and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in a sample of 617 middle and high school students 16 months after the Wenchuan earthquake in China using the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) and the Interpersonal Self-Supporting Scale (ISSS). Even when the effects of gender and grade level were controlled for, the results from regression analyses revealed that greater interpersonal independence, interpersonal initiative, interpersonal responsibility, and interpersonal openness are associated with lesser PTSD symptoms 16 months later.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ling-Xiang Xia
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (SWU), Chongqing, China.
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