The Social Psychology of Aggression

Auteur

Barbara Krahé is Professor Emerita and Former Chair of Social Psychology at the University of Potsdam, Germany. She was awarded the German Psychology Prize for her work on aggression in 2015 and served as President of the International Society for Research on Aggression.

Texte du rabat

The fourth edition of this bestselling textbook offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the social psychology of aggression, covering all the relevant major theories, individual differences, situational factors, and applied contexts.

Contenu

Preface and acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Aggression as social behaviour

2 Theories of aggression

3 Aggression in childhood and adolescence

4 Personality and gender differences

5 Situational factors promoting aggression

6 Media violence and aggression

7 Aggression in everyday life

8 Aggression in the family

9 Sexual aggression

10 Aggression between social groups

11 Terrorism

12 Preventing aggressive behaviour

13 Outlook and conclusion

References

Glossary

Subject index