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SEX DIFFERENCES IN AROUSAL REDUCTION DURING AN INTERPERSONAL VERBAL CONFLICT

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1975
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The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in arousal reduction between males and females as a function of the sex of target and type of verbal counterresponse, during an interpersonal conflict. The independent variables were the sex of subject, sex of target and type of counterresponse. The dependent variable was the arousal reduction score. Twenty undergraduate males and twenty undergraduate females were used. Sex differences in arousal reduction for subjects counterresponding to verbal aggression were found for sex of subject, sex of target and type of counterresponse. Male subjects showed significant arousal reduction only for the disagree counterresponse and females showed arousal reduction only for the agreed counterresponse. Significant arousal reduction occurred only when the subject disagreed with a male target and agreed with a female target.
Title: SEX DIFFERENCES IN AROUSAL REDUCTION DURING AN INTERPERSONAL VERBAL CONFLICT.
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Name(s): COLOMBO, JACK.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
O'Donovan, Denis, Thesis advisor
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Department of Psychology
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1975
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 45 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in arousal reduction between males and females as a function of the sex of target and type of verbal counterresponse, during an interpersonal conflict. The independent variables were the sex of subject, sex of target and type of counterresponse. The dependent variable was the arousal reduction score. Twenty undergraduate males and twenty undergraduate females were used. Sex differences in arousal reduction for subjects counterresponding to verbal aggression were found for sex of subject, sex of target and type of counterresponse. Male subjects showed significant arousal reduction only for the disagree counterresponse and females showed arousal reduction only for the agreed counterresponse. Significant arousal reduction occurred only when the subject disagreed with a male target and agreed with a female target.
Identifier: 13719 (digitool), FADT13719 (IID), fau:10551 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1975.
Subject(s): Psychology, Experimental
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