title: Personality correlates of aggression: evidence from measures of the five-factor model, UPPS model of impulsivity, and BIS/BAS.
abstract: Although many studies of personality and aggression focus on multidimensional traits and higher order personality disorders (e.g., psychopathy), lower order, unidimensional traits may provide more precision in identifying specific aspects of personality that relate to aggression. The current study includes a comprehensive measurement of lower order personality traits in relation to three forms of aggression: reactive, proactive, and relational. Traits related to interpersonal antagonism and impulsivity, especially impulsive behavior in the context of negative affect, were consistently related to aggression across multiple indices. These findings suggest that certain lower order traits are of critical importance to understanding who engages in aggressive behavior and why this behavior occurs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-3013, USA. jdmiller@uga.edu
authors.forename: Joshua D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Amos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zeichner
authors.forename: Lauren F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012016:Reference Values; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012737:Sex Factors; D012933:Social Identification; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires