hostility

Also known as aggression

Hostility is seen as a form of emotionally charged aggressive behavior. In everyday speech, it is more commonly used as a synonym for anger and aggression.

Key facts

Medical condition (new).name: Hostility
Medical condition (new).image: Anger during a protest by David Shankbone.jpg
Medical condition (new).caption: Two people in a heated argument in New York City
Medical condition (new).field: Psychiatry

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Research

45,997 papers

Anger, hostility and risk of stroke: a meta-analysis of cohort studies.Journal of neurology · 2019
"Horizontal hostility".The American journal of nursing · 2003
The aggression questionnaire.Journal of personality and social psychology · 1992
Trait Anger, Hostility, and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Diabetes- Related Complications: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies.Current diabetes reviews · 2023
Anger, hostility, and male perpetrators of intimate partner violence: a meta-analytic review.Clinical psychology review · 2005

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Commons category: Hostility

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Hostility/hospitality
Us/them
Non-verbal indicators
Kelly's model
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Hostility is seen as a form of emotionally charged aggressive behavior. In everyday speech, it is more commonly used as a synonym for anger and aggression.

It appears in several psychological theories. For instance it is a facet of neuroticism in the NEO PI, and forms part of personal construct psychology, developed by George Kelly.