Research on the communication trait of verbal aggressiveness (VA), which includes behavior like name calling, ridicule, insults, racial epithets and threats, has tended to focus on its social causes.

New research provides evidence that women with high levels of psychopathy are more likely to engage in physical, verbal, and indirect aggression against other women. The study indicates that while ...

Roughly half of U.S. dentists experienced verbal or reputational aggression by patients in the past year, and nearly one in four endured physical aggression, according to a new study led by ...

Dentists reported experiencing physical, verbal, and reputational aggression from their patients during the past year in a study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American Dental ...

Roughly half of US dentists experienced verbal or reputational aggression by patients in the past year, and nearly one in four endured physical aggression, according to a new study. Roughly half of ...

Reality shows such as "American Idol" and "Apprentice" have almost no physical violence, but a new study suggests their rampant displays of name-calling and snarky gossiping still make for a much ...

Health care workers commonly experience aggression and violence at work, second only to law enforcement. That fact may bring to mind emergency room scenes in television dramas, but a new study of 98 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although physical violence was infrequent, some receptionists reported being hit and shaken. Researchers ...

New research into cyberaggression suggests women are more aggressive than would be believed from research conducted in the real world 1,2. Any genderised discussion of aggression is always sensitive, ...