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The aim of this research was to examine the relationship between aggression dimensions, measured by the Aggression Questionnaire, and aggressive response to provocation in a competitive reaction time task. 191 participants (32% male) competed with an unknown, same gender “opponent”. Before each task, participants were allowed to deliver the “punishment” to the “opponent” if he had a slower reaction time. Also, if the participant was slower, then he would receive punishment, that simulates different provocation conditions. Results showed that the intensity of the punishment delivered to an “opponent” was related to Hostility and male gender in earlier stages of the task. However, in later stages, particularly in the final stage, only Physical Aggression had significant effect. Duration of the punishment was consistently related to Hostility and, in latter stages, to Physical Aggression, and in the final stage interaction between highly provocative conditions and male gender also had an effect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the latent structure of the adjectives derived from the corpus of Serbian language (Psycho-lexical questionnaire – PLQ), and the relations between the dimensions from this factor solution and dimensions of the HEXACO-PI-R. The first study was conducted on a sample of 1500 participants (57.8 females), aged 18–60. Principal component analysis conducted on 385 items of PLQ (with Varimax rotation) showed that six-factors solution (explains 28.97% of variance) was the most appropriate, and factors were named Negative valence, Neuroticism, Extraversion, Intellect, Conscientiousness, and Aggressiveness. The second study was conducted on a sample of 415 participants (58.1% females), aged 18–44. Joined principal factor analysis conducted on dimensions PLS and HEXACO-PI-R showed substantial similarities between all dimensions of two questionnaires, with the exception of Emotionality (HEXACO-PI-R) and Neuroticism (PLQ), as well as Openness (HEXACO-PI-R) and Intellect (PLQ). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]