Understanding Aggression

The book entitled "Understanding Aggression: insights from Psychology and related disciplines" edited by Prof. Dr. Fatih Bayraktar and Prof. Dr. Shenel Husnu Raman and authored by lecturers from the Department of Psychology, offers a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary overview of aggression, bringing together philosophical, sociological, psychological, and clinical perspectives. It begins by tracing the roots of aggression through classical ethics and sociological theories, before moving into psychological approaches that examine its neurological and cognitive foundations, including brain mechanisms and memory processes related to aggressive behavior. It also considers how aggression manifests in specific contexts, such as driving and gender-based violence. In its final section, the book focuses on risk and protective factors, exploring issues like the intergenerational transmission of violence, links with mental health disorders, and the role of mindfulness in reducing aggression, while also highlighting the importance of gene–environment interactions. Overall, it provides a comprehensive and integrative understanding of aggression across multiple levels of analysis.