skip to main content
LOTERRE

LOTERRE

Search from vocabulary

Lengua del contenido

| français English
Ayuda para la búsqueda

Concept information

Término preferido

threatened egotism theory of aggression  

Definición

  • Definition The threatened egotism theory of aggression states that violence is related to a highly favorable view of the self, combined with an ego threat. This theory does not suggest that high self-esteem necessarily causes violence or that there is any direct relationship between self-esteem and violence. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Threatened Egotism Theory of Aggression]

Concepto genérico

Pertenece al grupo

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-R78XM05M-5

Descargue este concepto: