Assessing aggressive adolescents' environments from their perspective by using camera‐glasses: an innovative new method
| Date | 14 April 2010 |
| Published date | 14 April 2010 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5042/jacpr.2010.0139 |
| Pages | 23-32 |
| Author | Alexander Wettstein,Mascha Jakob |
| Subject Matter | Health & social care,Sociology |
23Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research • Volume 2 Issue 2 • April 2010 © Pier Professional Ltd
10.5042/jacpr.2010.0139
The general aggression model
Anderson & Bushman (2002) propose a
general aggression research model, which also
outlines an aggression research agenda and
serves to identify further research questions.
The model demonstrates that much is known
about individuals’ internal states and their
processes of appraisal and decision-making.
The model’s central focus is on individuals’
internal conditions (affects, cognitions, arousals),
decision-making processes and action plans.
Interpreting the General Aggression Model
(GAM) also reveals that a major challenge is the
investigation of specific situations and social
encounters in which aggressive behaviour
occurs. The question of what relations of
interdependence exist between a person and
his/her environment is a genuinely ethological
question. Phylogenetic success means nothing
Assessing aggressive
adolescents’ environments
from their perspective by using
camera-glasses: an innovative
new method
Alexander Wettstein
Lecturer, University of Applied Sciences PHBern, Switzerland
Mascha Jakob
Research Assistant, University of Applied Sciences PHBern, Switzerland
ABS TR AC T
The General Aggression Model (GAM) by Anderson & Bushman (2002) reveals the great depth
of research on internal processes. Research on naturally occurring aggressive interaction
episodes in specific material and social environments, however, is still largely lacking.
How can information about environmental requirements and social processes relevant to
aggression be acquired methodically? Based on an ambulatory assessment strategy, we
discuss various apparatus-based and direct observation strategies. Finally, we introduce an
innovative methodology for recording in the field the environmental conditions in which
aggressive behaviour arises, using the technical device of glasses with an inbuilt camera. Our
investigations so far show that the camera-glasses method is a promising new data collection
technique that can be applied fruitfully in various fields of aggression research.
KEY WORDS
Aggression; interaction; ambulatory assessment; camera-glasses; systematic behaviour
observation; adolescents.
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