Research on the communication trait of verbal aggressiveness (VA), which includes behavior like name calling, ridicule, insults, racial epithets and threats, has tended to focus on its social causes.

Ideally, places of work should be rich in cooperation, with co-workers and managers working in tandem to reach business goals. In some instances, however, aggression upsets this harmony. Because ...

Houston police officers have used Tasers to subdue "verbally aggressive" people at least 14 times since early December, according to department figures that raise concerns among activists about ...

Dentists reported experiencing physical, verbal, and reputational aggression from their patients during the past year in a study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American Dental ...

Most of us are aware of overt and explicit cases of verbal abuse. After a relaxing dinner at your local Italian restaurant, you hear a middle-aged man in the parking lot yell at his female middle-aged ...

Many people have threatened someone else verbally at one point or another. Parents tell their children to be quiet or else. Husbands and wives threaten to leave a relationship. Some verbal threats are ...

The act of workplace bullying is not when a person simply acts rude toward another employee. Anyone, even the best of people, can have a bad day. It appears in several dimensions. It can be verbal and ...