Diminished sense of self-existence and self-reported aggression among Japanese students.
This study examined the relationship between a diminished sense of self-existence and self-reported aggression among Japanese undergraduate students. Based on the previous scales, 81 items were developed to measure the diminished sense of self-existence and were assumed to represent three dimensions: self, others, and time. 286 undergraduate students rated themselves on the Diminished Sense of Self-existence Scale and the 1992 Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire. Analysis indicated that men and women had low scores on Verbal Aggression and high scores on Hostility with the diminished sense of self-existence. The diminished sense of self-existence was not generally related to Anger or Physical Aggression in men, whereas in women, Anger and Physical Aggression were found particularly when the sense of self-existence in relations with others was diminished.
Yukawa
Shintaro
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Faculty of Humanities, Tokyo Seitoku University, Chiba, Japan. pingpang@nifty.com
D000374:Aggression; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires