Title

Is The Curve Relating Temperature To Aggression Linear Or Curvilinear? A Response To Bell (2005) And To Cohn And Rotton (2005)

Keywords

Aggression; Assault; Heat; Hot; Temperature

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. Copyright 2005 by the American Psychological Association.

Publication Date

7-1-2005

Publication Title

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volume

89

Issue

1

Number of Pages

74-77

Document Type

Review

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.89.1.74

Socpus ID

23844557165 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/23844557165

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