Del optimismo a la agresión: cogniciones positivas prevén comportamiento violento en hombres

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.6853

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Publicado: mar 30, 2020
Número: Vol. 38 Núm. 1 (2020): Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana
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Palabras clave: comportamiento agresivo; optimismo ilusorio; autoconfianza; testosterona; cortisol

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  João Carlos Centurion Cabral
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande.
Mikael Almeida Corrêa
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.
Vera Torres das Neves
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande.
Ana Cristina Garcia Dias
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.
Rosa Maria Martins de Almeida
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

Resumen

Las personas tienden a tener expectativas demasiado confiadas sobre sí mismas y sobre el futuro. Las cogniciones y emociones negativas tienen efectos directos sobre la agresión; sin embargo, pocos estudios han considerado la relevancia de las cogniciones positivas, como la autoconfianza y el optimismo. En este estudio, hemos tratado de evaluar si el sesgo de optimismo, la autopercepción positiva y la autoconfianza predicen la agresión en los hombres. También analizamos si la testosterona y el cortisol median la relación entre cogniciones positivas y agresión. Nuestros resultados indican que el sesgo de optimismo y la autoconfianza son predictores significativos de agresión. Aunque las hormonas esteroides predijeron la aparición de cogniciones positivas, ninguna medida hormonal medió la relación del optimismo o de la autoconfianza con el comportamiento agresivo. Por lo tanto, las cogniciones positivas, principalmente el sesgo de optimismo, pueden desempeñar un papel en la agresividad masculina, posiblemente a través de la reducción del control de impulsos, lo que aumenta los comportamientos de riesgo. 

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Cabral, J. C. C., Corrêa, M. A., das Neves, V. T., Dias, A. C. G., & de Almeida, R. M. M. (2020). Del optimismo a la agresión: cogniciones positivas prevén comportamiento violento en hombres. Avances En Psicología Latinoamericana , 38(1), 203–217. https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.6853
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