Human aggression is highly prevalent and has a large impact on the lives of victims and
society in general. Causes and mechanisms of aggression are manifold. One prominent …

People make social inferences without intentions, awareness, or effort, ie, spontaneously.
We review recent findings on spontaneous social inferences (especially traits, goals, and …

A vigilance–avoidance theory of the repressive coping style (low trait anxiety and high
defensiveness) is presented. The new theory attempts to account for several key findings …

Combining insights from Freud and Weber, this article explores whether Protestants (vs.
Catholics and Jews) are more likely to sublimate their taboo feelings and desires toward …

In this chapter we examine distress tolerance from a modern behavioral perspective, and
introduce the concept of" distress overtolerance." First, we briefly define what we mean by …

Fear appeal communications are widely used by social marketers in their efforts to persuade
individuals to refrain from engaging in risky behaviors. The present research shows that …

“Initial impressions” bring together personality and social psychology like no other field of
study—“personality” because (1) impressions are about personalities, and (2) perceivers' …

Individuals with a repressive coping style self-report low anxiety, but show high
defensiveness and high physiological arousal. Repressors have impoverished negative …

The year 2004 marked 25 years since Weinberger, Schwartz and Davidson (1979)
published their seminal paper identifying individuals who possess a repressive coping style …

There has been a great deal of debate concerning the antecedents of anger, with appraisal
theorists emphasizing the role of hostile interpretations and cognitive neo-associationistic …