Publications

Publication details [#56524]

Beatty, Michael J., Timothy R. Levine, Michael R. Kotowski and Martijn J. Van Kelegom. 2012. A Meta-Analysis of Trait–Behavior Correlations in Argumentativeness and Verbal Aggression. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 31 (1) : 95–111.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

affect | argumentation | cognition | evaluation | verbal dueling

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This meta-analysis handles disputes over the reliability of two popular scales employed to delimitate trait argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness. It is suggested that the scales evaluate cognitive–affective rather than communication behavior propensities.