APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
Rising Fear, Rising Risk: Incident-Level Emotional Pathways to Recurring Aggression
- Julia Rohde
The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Amy Marshall
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Zhenyu Zhang
The Pennsylvania State University
Abstract
When individuals with high (but not low) levels of trauma exposure experienced increases in fear (but not anger) during an incident of family aggression, they engaged in more partner aggression during the next aggressive conflict. Data from another sample has been collected and will be used to replicate these findings.