title: The Role of Emotion-Driven Impulse Control Difficulties in the Relation Between Social Anxiety and Aggression.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To enhance our understanding of the factors that may account for increased aggression in socially anxious individuals, this study examined associations among emotion-driven impulse control difficulties, social anxiety, and dimensions of aggression (i.e., hostility, anger, physical aggression, verbal aggression).
  
  
  METHODS
  Individuals (N = 107; 73.8% male; Mage= 40.8 years) receiving residential substance abuse treatment participated in this cross-sectional study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Social anxiety symptoms were significantly positively correlated with emotion-driven impulse control difficulties, anger, and hostility, but not verbal or physical aggression. Separate models for each aggression facet were examined to test the direct and indirect paths. Bootstrapped mediation analyses indicated a significant indirect path from social anxiety symptoms to each facet of aggression through emotion-driven impulse control difficulties (ps < .05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results highlight the potential utility of targeting emotion-driven impulse control difficulties to decrease aggression among socially anxious individuals.
authors.affiliation: University of Mississippi Medical Center.
authors.forename: Laura J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.affiliation: University of Mississippi Medical Center.
authors.forename: Matthew T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Tull
authors.affiliation: University of Mississippi Medical Center.
authors.forename: Aaron A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center.|VA Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center.|Duke University Medical Center.
authors.forename: Nathan A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Kimbrel
authors.affiliation: University of Mississippi Medical Center.
authors.forename: Kim L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Gratz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000072861:Phobia, Social / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: aggression; anger, hostility; emotion-driven impulse control difficulties; social anxiety