@article{ref1,
title="Behavioral and self-reported aggression as a function of domain specific self esteem",
journal="Aggressive behavior",
year="2006",
author="Webster, Gregory D. and Kirkpatrick, Lee A.",
volume="32",
number="1",
pages="17-27",
abstract="On the basis of a domain-specific theory of self-esteem, it was hypothesized that functionally distinct domains of self-esteem would predict aggression differentially. Participants completed self-report measures of self-perceived superiority, mate value, social inclusion, and global self-esteem, as well as of aggression. Self-assessed mate value emerged as a reliable, positive predictor, and social inclusion as a reliable inverse predictor, of self-reported hostility and aggression. In a subsequent laboratory experiment, in which participants had an opportunity to aggress against the source of positive or negative feedback about a personal essay that they had written, mate value again predicted increased aggression, whereas global self-esteem predicted decreased aggression. These main effects were moderated by the feedback manipulation, such that their respective simple effects were only present among participants that received negative feedback.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0096-140X",
doi="10.1002/ab.20102",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ab.20102"
}