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Trait Aggressiveness and Situational Provocation: A Test of the Traits as Situational Sensitivities (TASS) Model

Margaret A. Marshall

Seattle Pacific University

Jonathon D. Brown

University of Washington

In this article, the authors propose and test an interactionist model of personality functioning. The model maintains that many traits function in a threshold-like manner, such that less situational strength is needed to evoke a trait-relevant response in people who are high on the trait than in those who are low on the trait. Because of these different sensitivities, people who are high on a trait are more reactive to moderate provocation than are those who are low on a trait, but the opposite is true when strong provocation is compared to moderate provocation. Three studies are reported showing how the model can be used to understand the nature of aggression.

Key Words: person-situation interactions • trait aggressiveness • situational provocation • hostility

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. 8, 1100-1113 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206288488
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