the present study considers the issue of verbal violence in the language of drama. in the evaluation of verbal violence, jeanette malkin (2004) proposes six maxims, through which language may be considered as an arrogant element. the characters in dramatic texts (as in other literary texts) are created, developed, evolved and - in some cases - destroyed by language. in a considerable number of ...

Many studies have found differences in the types of aggression used by males and females, at least in children and adolescents. Boys tend to use direct physical or verbal aggression, whereas girls tend to use more indirect forms of aggression that prominently feature gossip. Evolutionary theories of sex differences in indirect aggression propose selection pressures that would have acted on olde...

Adult humans are characterized by low rates of intra-group physical aggression. Since children tend to be more physically aggressive, an evolutionary developmental account shows promise for explaining how physical aggression is suppressed in adults. I argue that this is achieved partly through extended dominance hierarchies, based on indirect reciprocity and linguistic transmission of reputatio...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of patient-initiated aggression toward general practitioners in Australia. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS A cross-sectional national survey, conducted during February-May 2010, of 3090 GPs in 19 Divisions of General Practice, purposively sampled to represent urban, rural and remote areas. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Proportion of GPs experiencing patient-ini...

OBJECTIVES (1) To assess the prevalence and the consequences of chronic verbal aggression, physical aggression, financial mistreatment, and neglect in a community-based sample; (2) to investigate the circumstances that led to the abuse and the ways in which the victims handled the problem. DESIGN Prevalence was assessed in a population-based sample of 1797 older people living independently in...

Several personality traits, including aggressiveness and sensation seeking, have been hypothesized to be influenced by prenatal androgen exposure, though evidence for this proposition is limited. We investigated whether individual differences in aggressiveness, sensation seeking, and several prosocial personality traits can be predicted from differences in the 2D:4D digit ratio, a putative mark...

This study used diaries of competitive interactions to explore the relationship between hormones and competitive aggression in women. Thirty women completed approximately 10 diary entries each. In each entry, the women described a recent competitive interaction they had engaged in and noted whether it was expressed aggressively or through other tactics. Each woman received a score for the fract...

This article is devoted to the study of verbal aggression. question has been little studied in modern linguistics so far. The analyzed statements Donald Trump and Joe Biden framework political discourse. Types aggression were identified using methods content analysis, discourse analysis pragmalinguistic analysis. In addition, characteristics linguistic personalities terms their use tools actual...

OBJECTIVE To describe the frequency of domestic violence against Brazilian children and adolescents due to episodes of enuresis, as well as associated risk factors. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out with 149 patients aged between 6 and 18 years who received the diagnosis of primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis. A semi-structured interview was done with the patients and the...