RESEARCH ARTICLE


Aggression, Pleasure, and Cognitive Dissonance



Jesús M. Alvarado1, *, J. Martin Ramirez1, 2
1 Instituto de Estudios Biofuncionales, Universidad Complutense Madrid
2 Hoover Institution, Stanford University


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* Address correspondence to this author at the Kasetsart Agricultural and Agro-Industrial Product Improvement Institute (KAPI), Kasetsart University, 50, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand; Tel./Fax. 66-2942- 8599; E-mail: aappln@ku.ac.th, p_vaithanomsat@yahoo.com


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.

Keywords: Aggression, cognitive dissonance, decision-making, pleasure, structural equation modeling.