Title

Is the curve relating temperature to aggression linear or curvilinear? A response to Bell (2005) and to Cohn and Rotton (2005)

Authors

Authors

B. J. Bushman; M. C. Wang;C. A. Anderson

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Pers. Soc. Psychol.

Keywords

aggression; assault; heat; hot; temperature; Psychology, Social

Abstract

P. Bell (2005) recommended examining the relationship between temperature and assaults during the hottest times of day and during the hottest months of the year. The authors' analyses of these data show a linear rather than inverted U-shaped relationship between temperature and assault during the hottest times of day and in the hottest months of the year. E. Cohn and J. Rotton (2005) recommended analyzing the 6 hr with the highest assaults versus the 6 hr with the lowest assaults. During high assault periods, there is a strong positive linear relationship between temperature and assault. During low assault periods, there is no relationship between temperature and assaults. Assaults and other violent crimes might decrease when temperatures are very hot, but the Minneapolis data set does not allow for testing of this hypothesis because Minneapolis is too cold.

Journal Title

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volume

89

Issue/Number

1

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Document Type

Editorial Material

Language

English

First Page

74

Last Page

77

WOS Identifier

WOS:000230879100008

ISSN

0022-3514

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