Abstract
This study analyzes the influence of sex, education, religion, and religiosity on the relationship between argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness. Verbal aggressiveness is a less acceptable way to approach disagreement than argumentativeness. Argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness were not significantly related. Further analysis revealed that male participants were significantly more verbally aggressive, individuals with higher education were less verbally aggressive, and religiosity decreased verbal aggressiveness. Moreover, Mainline Protestants were generally more verbally aggressive than other religious groups.
Notes
1This subset of the sample included overwhelmingly self-identified: farmers and ranchers.
2Mainline Protestants is used to collectively refer to Protestant religious groups in the United States such as Mainstream Lutheran, Episcopalian, Methodist, and Baptists. Religious groups considered more Evangelical, and the Catholic Church are excluded from this category and grouped into their own category as per previous work by CitationBuddenbaum and Stout (1996).
3GT refers to general trait.
*p < .05.
**p < .01.
4Although this R 2 adj is statistically significant, its practical significance is questionable.
*p < .05.
**p < .01.
***p < .0001.