Effects of social proximity on multiple aggressive behaviors.
We systematically manipulated social proximity to examine its influence on multiple topographies of aggression. Aggression occurred at high levels during close-proximity sessions and at low levels during distant-proximity sessions even though social contact was presented continuously during both conditions. Topographies of aggression emerged sequentially across the close-proximity sessions, and all topographies were reduced to zero following extended sessions of this condition.
Oliver
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School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, United Kingdom.
Oxener
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Hearn
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Hall
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D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D013037:Spatial Behavior