Psychological Development and Education ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (4): 485-493.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2015.04.13

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The Impact of Trait Anger on Aggressive Behavior: ModeratedMediating Effect of Hostile Cognition and Impulsivity Level

LIU Wenwen1,2, JIANG Qi1,2, REN Jingjing1,2, LI Shufang1,2, XU Yapei1,2   

  1. 1. Mental Health Research Center of Southwest University, Chongqing 400715;
    2. Faculty of Psychological Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715
  • Online:2015-07-15 Published:2015-07-15

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Abstract: To explore the relationship of trait anger, hostile cognition, impulsivity level and aggressive behavior, the research randomly chose 527 students from freshmen to junior in a comprehensive university in Chongqing with scales then we used structural equation modeling techniques to explore the mechanism among them. The results indicated: (1) Hostile cognition partly mediated the effect of trait anger on aggressive behavior, and trait anger had not only direct impact on aggressive behavior but indirectly affected aggressive behavior through hostile cognition. (2) Motor impulsiveness factor adjusted the mediating effect of hostile cognition, whose impact rose as the level impulsiveness did. Thus hostile cognition has adjustable mediating effect on individual aggressive behavior.

Key words: trait anger, hostile cognition, impulsivity level, aggressive behavior, college students

CLC Number: 

  • B844
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