Research on the communication trait of verbal aggressiveness (VA), which includes behavior like name calling, ridicule, insults, racial epithets and threats, has tended to focus on its social causes.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The methods mothers use to control their children during playtime and other daily activities could have a negative impact on their child's self-esteem and behavior, according to ...

A 20-year longitudinal study has found that verbal aggression in adult romantic relationships is best predicted by the level of verbal aggression participants’ fathers directed toward their mothers, ...

This week in social psychology class we were talking about aggression, commonly defined as physical or verbal behavior intended to physically or psychologically hurt someone. We noted historical ...

Dentists reported experiencing physical, verbal, and reputational aggression from their patients during the past year in a study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American Dental ...

When out and about, you may have heard parents shouting at their children. In fact, few people make it all the way through parenthood without ever yelling. But a new systematic review finds that ...

Two Harvard Ph.D. students, Ja Young Choi and Boram Lee, created a crowdsourced map to track instances of anti-Asian aggression amid the coronavirus pandemic last week. The recent cases follow a trend ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The methods mothers use to control their children during playtime and other daily activities could have a negative impact on their child's self-esteem and behavior, according to ...