@article{1b3dae944e614703b5cc4dcf80f55fcd,
title = "How goal-fulfillment decreases aggression",
abstract = "We suggest that the goal to aggress increases accessibility of aggressive thoughts, and that after goal-fulfillment, accessibility of aggressive content is reduced. Experiment 1 showed an increase in accessibility of aggression after imagining an aggression-eliciting situation compared to non-aggressive content. After goal-fulfillment the accessibility of aggression was reduced, regardless of whether fulfillment was achieved by imagining physical or symbolic revenge. Experiment 2 showed similar effects for a non-aggressive conflict-resolution and, in addition, demonstrated a post-fulfillment reduction in actual aggressive behavior. Experiment 3 demonstrated that aggressive acts that do not constitute goal-fulfillment instead increase accessibility of aggression. Relations between our model and previous views on catharsis of aggression are discussed.",
keywords = "Accessibility, Aggression, Catharsis, Goal-fulfillment, Priming",
author = "Markus Denzler and Jens F{\"o}rster and Nira Liberman",
note = "Funding Information: This research is part of the first author{\textquoteright}s doctoral dissertation and was supported by a grant of the German Science Foundation (DFG) awarded to Jens F{\"o}rster (FO 392/8-2). We thank Fritz Strack from the University of W{\"u}rzburg, Germany, for providing us with the research facilities for the first study. For collecting and coding the data we thank Florian Albert, Anna Berencsy, Regina Bode, Aga Bojarska, Maren Breuer, Nina Burger, Laura Dannenberg, Maria Earle, Karla Fettich, Marcela Fialova, Hana Fleissigova, Rebecca Hitchcock, Kirils Jegorovs, Dora Jelen, Sebastian Karban, Kaska Kubacka, Alan Langus, Janina Marguc, Petra Markel, Mayuri Nigam, Basia Pietrawska, Sonja Ranzinger, Dinah Rohling, Gosia Skorek, Anna Steidle, Thomas Stemmler, Aska Styczynska, Karol Tyszka, Rytis Vitkauskas, Alexandra Vulpe, Julian Wucherpfennig, and Nika Yugay. Sarah Horn is thanked for proof-reading the manuscript. We would also like to thank Amina {\"O}zelsel, Stefanie Kuschel and Katrin Schimmel for invaluable discussions, and three anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments. ",
year = "2009",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/j.jesp.2008.08.021",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "45",
pages = "90--100",
journal = "Journal of Experimental Social Psychology",
issn = "0022-1031",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
number = "1",
}