RESEARCH ARTICLE
Aggression, Pleasure, and Cognitive Dissonance
Jesús M. Alvarado1, *, J. Martin Ramirez1, 2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2014Volume: 7
First Page: 50
Last Page: 56
Publisher ID: TOPSYJ-7-50
DOI: 10.2174/1874350101407010050
Article History:
Received Date: 18/03/2014Revision Received Date: 11/07/2014
Acceptance Date: 11/07/2014
Electronic publication date: 25/7/2014
Collection year: 2014
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Abstract
The relationship between aggression, pleasure and decision-making is analyzed applying a mediation model of structural equation modeling (SEM). The study explored it in two samples of similar age: young offenders and university students. A close relationship between aggression and pleasure was found in both populations. But, whereas in the case of university students, this congruence leads to a normal or adjusted behavior, in the case of young offenders, however, a mismatched evaluation of conflict and provocation leads them to make unacceptable violence decisions.