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_id: '13640'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'The present work investigated the influence of experimentally manipulated
    relative deprivation (RD) on aggressive behavior in a game context. Participants
    experienced personal RD as the difference between own rewards and the rewards
    of a fictitious other player. Going beyond previous research, three yet-unexplored
    moderators of the RD-aggression link were experimentally tested: In Experiment
    1 (N = 157), we tested the effect of the scarcity of resources one is deprived
    of, and the intensity of the RD experience in terms of the magnitude of the disadvantaged
    comparison. In Experiment 2 (N = 195), we investigated whether aggressive behavior
    is influenced by imposing possible or actual sanctions (i.e., costs) for aggression.
    The results show effects on aggressive behavior toward the other player that were
    mediated by the personal perception of RD and that only actual but not possible
    costs eliminated this indirect effect. Implications for the aggression-related
    behavioral consequences of RD are discussed.'
author:
- first_name: Yara
  full_name: Kassab, Yara
  last_name: Kassab
- first_name: Simon D.
  full_name: Isemann, Simon D.
  last_name: Isemann
- first_name: Georg
  full_name: Halbeisen, Georg
  id: '85780'
  last_name: Halbeisen
  orcid: 0000-0002-9529-2215
- first_name: Eva
  full_name: Walther, Eva
  last_name: Walther
citation:
  ama: 'Kassab Y, Isemann SD, Halbeisen G, Walther E. How relative deprivation increases
    aggressive behavior: Exploring the moderating roles of resource scarcity, deprivation
    intensity, and sanctions in a game task. <i>Aggressive Behavior</i>. 2020;47(2):215-225.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21940">10.1002/ab.21940</a>'
  apa: 'Kassab, Y., Isemann, S. D., Halbeisen, G., &#38; Walther, E. (2020). How relative
    deprivation increases aggressive behavior: Exploring the moderating roles of resource
    scarcity, deprivation intensity, and sanctions in a game task. <i>Aggressive Behavior</i>,
    <i>47</i>(2), 215–225. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21940">https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21940</a>'
  bjps: '<b>Kassab Y <i>et al.</i></b> (2020) How Relative Deprivation Increases Aggressive
    Behavior: Exploring the Moderating Roles of Resource Scarcity, Deprivation Intensity,
    and Sanctions in a Game Task. <i>Aggressive Behavior</i> <b>47</b>, 215–225.'
  chicago: 'Kassab, Yara, Simon D. Isemann, Georg Halbeisen, and Eva Walther. “How
    Relative Deprivation Increases Aggressive Behavior: Exploring the Moderating Roles
    of Resource Scarcity, Deprivation Intensity, and Sanctions in a Game Task.” <i>Aggressive
    Behavior</i> 47, no. 2 (2020): 215–25. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21940">https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21940</a>.'
  chicago-de: 'Kassab, Yara, Simon D. Isemann, Georg Halbeisen und Eva Walther. 2020.
    How relative deprivation increases aggressive behavior: Exploring the moderating
    roles of resource scarcity, deprivation intensity, and sanctions in a game task.
    <i>Aggressive Behavior</i> 47, Nr. 2: 215–225. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21940">10.1002/ab.21940</a>,
    .'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Kassab, Yara</span> ; <span
    style="font-variant:small-caps;">Isemann, Simon D.</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Halbeisen,
    Georg</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Walther, Eva</span>: How
    relative deprivation increases aggressive behavior: Exploring the moderating roles
    of resource scarcity, deprivation intensity, and sanctions in a game task. In:
    <i>Aggressive Behavior</i> Bd. 47, Wiley (2020), Nr. 2, S. 215–225'
  havard: 'Y. Kassab, S.D. Isemann, G. Halbeisen, E. Walther, How relative deprivation
    increases aggressive behavior: Exploring the moderating roles of resource scarcity,
    deprivation intensity, and sanctions in a game task, Aggressive Behavior. 47 (2020)
    215–225.'
  ieee: 'Y. Kassab, S. D. Isemann, G. Halbeisen, and E. Walther, “How relative deprivation
    increases aggressive behavior: Exploring the moderating roles of resource scarcity,
    deprivation intensity, and sanctions in a game task,” <i>Aggressive Behavior</i>,
    vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 215–225, 2020, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21940">10.1002/ab.21940</a>.'
  mla: 'Kassab, Yara, et al. “How Relative Deprivation Increases Aggressive Behavior:
    Exploring the Moderating Roles of Resource Scarcity, Deprivation Intensity, and
    Sanctions in a Game Task.” <i>Aggressive Behavior</i>, vol. 47, no. 2, 2020, pp.
    215–25, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21940">https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21940</a>.'
  short: Y. Kassab, S.D. Isemann, G. Halbeisen, E. Walther, Aggressive Behavior 47
    (2020) 215–225.
  ufg: '<b>Kassab, Yara u. a.</b>: How relative deprivation increases aggressive behavior:
    Exploring the moderating roles of resource scarcity, deprivation intensity, and
    sanctions in a game task, in: <i>Aggressive Behavior</i> 47 (2020), H. 2,  S.
    215–225.'
  van: 'Kassab Y, Isemann SD, Halbeisen G, Walther E. How relative deprivation increases
    aggressive behavior: Exploring the moderating roles of resource scarcity, deprivation
    intensity, and sanctions in a game task. Aggressive Behavior. 2020;47(2):215–25.'
date_created: 2026-03-27T10:16:01Z
date_updated: 2026-04-09T11:45:40Z
department:
- _id: DEP1500
doi: 10.1002/ab.21940
extern: '1'
external_id:
  isi:
  - '000592397500001'
  pmid:
  - '33244773'
intvolume: '        47'
isi: '1'
issue: '2'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 215-225
pmid: '1'
publication: Aggressive Behavior
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0096-140X
  - 1098-2337
publication_status: published
publisher: Wiley
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: 'How relative deprivation increases aggressive behavior: Exploring the moderating
  roles of resource scarcity, deprivation intensity, and sanctions in a game task'
type: scientific_journal_article
user_id: '83778'
volume: 47
year: '2020'
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