An analysis of the correlation between young males' personal aggression and their skin conductance levels during exposure to aggression images

Mi-Hyun Choi; Su-Jeong Lee; Jae-Woong Yang; Ji-Hye Kim; Jin-Seung Choi; Hyung-Sik Kim; Jang-Yeon Park; Jae-Hoon Jun; Gye-Rae Tack; Hyun-Jun Kim; Soon-Cheol Chung

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2010.08.035

An analysis of the correlation between young males' personal aggression and their skin conductance levels during exposure to aggression images

Psychiatry Res. 2011 Apr 30;186(2-3):441-2. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.08.035. Epub 2010 Sep 22.

Authors

Mi-Hyun Choi¹, Su-Jeong Lee, Jae-Woong Yang, Ji-Hye Kim, Jin-Seung Choi, Hyung-Sik Kim, Jang-Yeon Park, Jae-Hoon Jun, Gye-Rae Tack, Hyun-Jun Kim, Soon-Cheol Chung

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Konkuk University, Chungju, South Korea.

PMID: 20864181
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.08.035

Abstract

This study investigated the correlation between young males' personal aggression and their skin conductance level (SCL) when watching aggression images. SCL increased when participants viewed aggression images as compared to control images. There was a negative correlation between personal aggression score and degree of change in SCL between aggression and control images.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aggression / physiology*
Aggression / psychology
Galvanic Skin Response / physiology*
Humans
Male
Photic Stimulation / methods
Psychophysics / methods
Statistics as Topic*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult