TY  - JOUR
A1  - Heissel, Andreas
A1  - Pietrek, Anou F.
A1  - Kangas, Maria
A1  - Van der Kaap-Deeder, Jolene
A1  - Rapp, Michael A.
T1  - The Mediating Role of Rumination in the Relation between Basic Psychological Need Frustration and Depressive Symptoms
JF  - Journal of Clinical Medicine
N2  - Research within the framework of Basic Psychological Need Theory (BPNT) finds strong associations between basic need frustration and depressive symptoms. This study examined the role of rumination as an underlying mechanism in the association between basic psychological need frustration and depressive symptoms. A cross-sectional sample of N = 221 adults (55.2% female, mean age = 27.95, range = 18–62, SD = 10.51) completed measures assessing their level of basic psychological need frustration, rumination, and depressive symptoms. Correlational analyses and multiple mediation models were conducted. Brooding partially mediated the relation between need frustration and depressive symptoms. BPNT and Response Styles Theory are compatible and can further advance knowledge about depression vulnerabilities.
KW  - psychopathology
KW  - elf-determination theory
KW  - response styles theory
KW  - frustration
KW  - depressive disorder
KW  - emotional regulation
KW  - rumination
Y1  - 2023
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12020395
SN  - 2077-0383
VL  - 12
SP  - 1
EP  - 10
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel, Schweiz
ET  - 2
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Krahe, Barbara
A1  - Lutz, Johannes
A1  - Sylla, Isabel
T1  - Lean back and relax
BT  - Reclined seating position buffers the effect of frustration on anger and aggression
JF  - European journal of social psychology
N2  - Frustration is a powerful instigator of anger-based aggression. We hypothesized that the impact of a frustration on anger and aggressive behavior is reduced in a state of feeling relaxed, which is considered incompatible with the experience of anger. Seventy-nine participants received frustrating feedback either when sitting upright or sitting in a reclined position and were then given a chance to act aggressively toward the frustrator. Feelings of anger and relaxation were assessed before and after the frustration. Participants in the reclined position felt more relaxed than those sitting upright, which indirectly predicted less aggressive behavior via lower anger. The results are consistent with theories of incompatible states and embodiment and have implications for using body-related cues to mitigate anger-based aggression.
KW  - frustration
KW  - aggression
KW  - anger
KW  - incompatible states
KW  - seating
KW  - embodiment
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2363
SN  - 0046-2772
SN  - 1099-0992
VL  - 48
IS  - 5
SP  - 718
EP  - 723
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lutz, Johannes
T1  - The Validity of Crowdsourcing Data in Studying Anger and Aggressive Behavior A Comparison of Online and Laboratory Data
JF  - Social psychology
N2  - Crowdsourcing platforms provide an affordable approach for recruiting large and diverse samples in a short time. Past research has shown that researchers can obtain reliable data from these sources, at least in domains of research that are not affectively involving. The goal of the present study was to test if crowdsourcing platforms can also be used to conduct experiments that incorporate the induction of aversive affective states. First, a laboratory experiment with German university students was conducted in which a frustrating task induced anger and aggressive behavior. This experiment was then replicated online using five crowdsourcing samples. The results suggest that participants in the online samples reacted very similarly to the anger manipulation as participants in the laboratory experiments. However, effect sizes were smaller in crowdsourcing samples with non-German participants while a crowdsourcing sample with exclusively German participants yielded virtually the same effect size as in the laboratory.
KW  - crowdsourcing
KW  - online research
KW  - anger
KW  - aggression
KW  - frustration
KW  - mechanical turk
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000256
SN  - 1864-9335
SN  - 2151-2590
VL  - 47
SP  - 38
EP  - 51
PB  - Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Göttingen
ER  -