PERSONALITY APPROACH TO AGGRESSION - AN O PEN CONCEPTION

The study deals with the conception of aggression suggested by G. V. C aprara and his colleagues that represents a turn-over from the unitary conception of aggression towards the specifying one. The elements of this approach are the personality predictors of aggression - Tolerance towards aggression, Rumination about aggression - Dissipation of aggr essive thoughts, Fear of Punishment, Need for Reparation, Irritability and Emotional Susceptibility. It seems that these indicators are comp atible with other personality characteristics and that their structura l relations can become the basis of effective diagnostics and correcti on of aggression. Within the research into aggression, Caprara's theor y represents an attempt at formulating a completely new paradigm. The author of the study calls this approach ''an open conception'', as it enables to integrate the knowledge gathered by other theories and it i s ready to absorb new findings.