title: "I'm sorry, please don't hurt me": effectiveness of apologies on aggression control.
abstract: The author attempted to replicate Ohbuchi, Kameda, and Agarie's (1989) study which found that giving an apology, with or without harm removal, reduced aggressive responses among a sample of Japanese college women. The author found similar results with a U.S. sample of college women. The results provide evidence for cross-cultural similarity in the effectiveness of apologies in reducing aggressive responses.
authors.affiliation: Bethel University, Psychology Department, 3900 Bethel Dr., St. Paul, MN 55112, USA. frejoe@bethel.edu
authors.forename: Joel Daniel
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Frederickson
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D040261:Harm Reduction; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D018187:Personal Construct Theory; D012919:Social Behavior; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult