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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Sep 18.
Published in final edited form as: Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2004;25(7):693–714. doi: 10.1080/01612840490486755

TABLE 1.

The Contents of the Concept Analysis: Aggression

Different forms of aggression
 Clinical classification (Dodge, 1991; Meloy, 1988; Raine et al., 2004)
  Affective, reactive, defensive, impulsive, hot-blooded—uncontrolled
  Predatory, proactive, instrumental, attack, cold-blooded—controlled
 Stimulus-based classification (Moyer, 1968)
  Predatory aggression
  Fear-induced aggression
  Irritable-induced aggression
  Territorial aggression
  Maternal aggression
  Instrumental aggression
 Other classifications
  Instrumental vs. hostile aggression (Feshbach, 1970)
  Positive vs. negative aggression
  Male vs. female aggression (Crick, 1995; Jack, 1999; Moffitt et al., 2001)
Measurements of aggression
  Child behavior checklist (Achenbach, 1994)
  Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory (Buss & Durkee, 1957)
  Overt Aggression Scale (Yudofsky, 1986)
  Thematic Apperception Test (Murray, 1957)
  Proactive and reactive aggression questionnaire (Raine et al., 2004)
  Files of the police, court and correctional agencies
  Self-Reported Delinquency (Elliott et al., 1983)
  Psychopathy Checklist Revised (Hare, 1991)
Causes of aggression
 Social factors
  Social learning theory
  Social information procession
 Biological factors
  Brain dysfunction
  Testoerone
  Serotonin
  Birth complication
  Nutrition Deficiency