COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AGGRESSORS IN AN EXPERIMENTAL SITUATION

Interaction in dyads formed by pairs of a) aggressive criminals or b) supposedly socially well adapted reliable drivers was examined by the ''Building of a Tower'' method. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of taped interaction revealed substantial differences between both gro ups in mutual interaction within each of the two samples. The communic ation pattern of aggressors - compared to that of reliable drivers - d isplayed sharp role imbalance (becoming either ''a speaker'' or ''a fo llower'', non-reacting to partner, s words), less frequent questioning and turn-taking in conversation, less frequent social-emotional conte nt of dialogues and apparently lower level of empathy.