ABSTRACT

One way people have of managing interpersonal conflict is what I call “mock aggression.” So far unexplored in interactional detail, mock aggression refers to the embodiments which, in one way or another, appear aggressive (punching, pinching, slapping, etc.) but are not designed to be, or oriented to as, serious physical threats. Mock aggression occurs between intimate interactants, and in this interactional situation, it sanctions transgressions and at the same time provides systematic opportunities for participants to engage in more affiliative interaction. The findings show that despite its aggressive appearance, mock aggression facilitates participants’ exit from a disaffiliative interaction, owing to its detailed design features, and thereby contributes to maintaining their social bonds. It is argued that a categorical affiliative versus disaffiliative perspective does not work for some interactional practices like mock aggression. Data are in Persian and collected in Iran.

摘要

人们处理人际冲突的一种方式是我所谓的“模拟侵略”。到目前为止，尚未在交互细节上进行探索，模拟攻击是指以一种或另一种方式表现出侵略性（穿孔，捏，拍打等）但并非旨在或不旨在作为严重物理威胁的实施例。模拟攻击发生在亲密的交互对象之间，并且在这种交互情况下，它会制裁违规行为，同时为参与者提供系统的机会，使其参与更亲和的交互。研究结果表明，尽管模拟攻击具有侵略性，但由于其详细的设计特征，它可以使参与者从亲和力的互动中脱身，从而有助于维持他们的社会纽带。有人认为，从属的和从属的分类观点不适用于诸如嘲笑侵略的某些互动实践。数据为波斯语，在伊朗收集。