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Item A study of the effects of aggression and reaction to frustration upon the evaluations of therapists given by a group of adolescents(Texas Tech University, 1969-05) Owre, Martha LeonoraNot availableItem Frustration-aggression patterns as an indication of potential rehabilitation success in male hospitalized alcoholic patients(Texas Tech University, 1970-05) Litt, HermanNot availableItem Motivational comparison between aggressive and non-aggressive college football athletes(Texas Tech University, 1969-05) Berger, Richard AnthonyNot availableItem Should I retaliate?: the role of aggression, forgivingness, moral responsibility, and social interest in the decision to return harm for harm(2003) Locasio, Ann Lee; Manaster, Guy J.This study examined the four constructs of forgivingness, aggression, moral responsibility, and social interest as they impact retaliation among college students. There has been renewed research interest into the concept of forgivingness in the last ten to fifteen years. While forgiveness refers to the propensity to refrain from resentment or seeking revenge against an offender, forgivingness is defined as the tendency to engage in acts of forgiveness across time and across situations. It is a trait or disposition. Research on aggression, moral responsibility, and social interest has been ongoing for several decades. Aggression refers to physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone. Moral responsibility means the tendency to act morally, in accordance with generally accepted standards of right and wrong, even when others may choose to do otherwise. Social interest is defined as having a sense of belonging to all of humanity, such that one’s connections with others are focused solely on the common good of all. This study looks at these three constructs along with level of forgivingness as they relate to retaliation. Retaliation in this study was defined as taking back not only what was taken from oneself, but going beyond that, taking more, in order to punish the other participant. Why people retaliate or refrain from doing so is not completely clear, but this study shows that forgivingness and social interest each play a part in predicting level of retaliation. These two constructs were predictors of the outcome variable; however, aggression, moral responsibility, and membership in a group where harm was done, intended, or neither, did not predict retaliation.Item The impact of martial arts training on adolescents(Texas Tech University, 2003-05) Kellogg, SteffenThis research predicted length of training in martial arts and level of dedication were related negatively to aggression, but positively to assertion, introspection, and respect. Also time training and dedication were expected to predict membership in a cluster defined by low aggression, and high assertion, introspection, and respect. The 90 practitioners (65 male, 25 female) ranged fix)m 12 to 30 years old, and started training as adolescents. Instructors agreed to distribute the survey to their students. Each of the traits were regressed on total time in training and dedication controlling for age and gender. A cluster analysis was performed providing three stable clusters including the predicted cluster. No significant relationships were found, but a trend showed the mean age of the participants in the harmony cluster were higher. Two major flaws were discussed: low quality of inventories and instructors teaching the same martial art with a less traditional focus.