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Affective Aggression

Deutsch: Affektive Aggression / Español: Agresión afectiva / Português: Agressão afetiva / Français: Agression affective / Italiano: Aggressione affettiva

Affective aggression is a form of aggressive behavior driven primarily by intense emotional arousal, such as anger, fear, or frustration, rather than by calculated or instrumental motives. Unlike predatory or proactive aggression, which is goal-directed and often cold-blooded, affective aggression is reactive, impulsive, and closely tied to the autonomic nervous system's fight-or-flight response. This distinction is critical in psychological research, as it influences diagnostic, therapeutic, and forensic approaches to aggressive behavior.

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Affective behaviors

Affective behaviors refer to behaviors related to feelings, emotions, values, attitudes, interests, and personality ; nonintellectual behaviors.

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Affective commitment

Affective commitment refers to the extent to which an employee wants to remain with an organization and cares about the organization.

Affective disorders

Affective disorders refers to a class of mental disorders that affect mood.

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Affective explanations

Affective explanations refers to discipline that focuses a child’s attention on the harm or distress that his or her conduct has caused others.

Affective flattening

Affective flattening refers to a symptom of Schizophrenia in which an individual seems unresponsive and which is reflected in relatively motionless Body language and facial reactions

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Affective forecasting

Affective forecasting refers to the ability to predict one’s emotional reactions to future events

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Affective identity motivation

Affective identity motivation refers to the motivation to lead as a result of a desire to be in charge and lead others.

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