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.

A recent study published in Psychology of Sport & Exercise has found that long-term engagement in competitive athletics is ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young adults who had been criticized, insulted or threatened by a parent growing up were more likely to be anxious or depressed, in a new study. Even when the same or ...

It's every passengers worst nightmare; an aggressive, unruly traveller sitting nearby, hassling everyone around them. With thousands of air rage incidents reported each year, it's not uncommon to see ...

What do the phrases "Nice job," "Very funny," and "That was clever" all have in common? Each statement in its literal form reads as socially appropriate praise, but in spoken word may more closely ...

VERBALLY-AGGRESSIVE door-to-door salespeople have been reported in Dursley. According to an alert from a Dursley police community support officer, police are aware of Nottingham Knockers being in the ...

BOISE, Idaho — The Boise Police Department is investigating two separate incidents on Thursday involving a man who allegedly made aggressive sexual requests to women in the downtown area. The ...