Table of Contents
Communicating Aggression
Editor’s Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Communicating Aggression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Theories of Aggression:
An Interdisciplinary Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
A. Instinct theories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
B. Drive theories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
C. Social learning theories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
D. Cognitive theories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
E. Biological theories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3. Forms of Aggression
within a Communication Encounter . . . . . . . . . . 13
A. Nonverbal aggression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
B. Verbal aggression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
C. Reasons for communicating aggression . . . . . 14
4. Two Competing Models of Verbal Aggression . . 16
A. Argumentative skill deficiency model . . . . . . 16
B. The communibiological perspective . . . . . . . . 19
5. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Added Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Recommended Citation
Pascual-Ferrá, Paola
(2016)
"Communicating Aggression,"
Communication Research Trends: Vol. 35:
Iss.
4, Article 1.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/crt/vol35/iss4/1