This document contains information about aggressive communication, including its definition, characteristics, causes, examples, disadvantages and advantages. It defines aggressive communication as a style that violates others' rights through physical or verbal hostility intended to deliberately hurt others. The document lists shouting, yelling, blaming and being verbally abusive as verbal characteristics and includes pushing, hitting and slapping as nonverbal characteristics. It also discusses causes such as learned behavior from family and social/personality disorders.

1. AGGRESSIVE
COMMUNICATION
GROUP ONE
COMMUNICATION SKILLS

2. GROUP ONE MEMEBERS
NAME REGISTRATION NO SIGNATURE
MUKALAZI GIDEON 2022AG/ MB ChB/ 1154
MUHUMUZA ELIZABETH 2022AG/ MB ChB/ 1153
SIHAM TESFALEM 2022AG/ MB ChB/
ABAHO PETER 2022AG/ MB ChB/ 1102
KABANYANA LYNA 2022AG/ MB ChB/ 1137
EBAAT DANIEL 2022AG/ MB ChB/
AGABA VICENT 2022AG/ MB ChB/ 1109
MUTUZO JOLLY 2022AG/ MB ChB/
NIYONZIMA ALEX 2022AG/ MB ChB/
KIGONGO JONATHAN B 2022AG/ MB ChB/ 1144
MUTUZO JOLLY 2022AG/ MB ChB/
ABIGABA ROGERS 2022AG/ MB ChB/
KEMIGISA CONSOLATE 2022AG/ MB ChB/
ASHABA MORIS DERRICK 2022AG/ MB ChB/
BOL DENG KUEL KUEL 2022AG/ MB ChB/
NAMAGEMBE JORDANA 2022AG/ MB ChB/
ABDULRAHMAN HASSAN FARAH
AHMAD ABDULSALAM
2022AG/ MB ChB/
2022AG/MBCHB/1110
ATWEBEMBIRE ABRAHAM
KATURAMU DONOZIO
2022AG/ MB ChB/
2022AG/ BNS/ 1102

3. DEFINITION
• Is a style in which individuals express their feelings and opinions
and advocate for their needs in a way that violates the rights of
others.
• Aggressive communication refers to physical or verbal hostility
expressed in a way intended to deliberately hurt others.

4. • Thus, aggressive communicators are verbally and/or physically
abusive.
• An aggressive communicator is born of low self-esteem (Often
caused by past physical and emotional abuse) wounds and
feelings of powerlessness, unhealed emotional.

6. CHARACTERISTICS OF AGGRESSIVE
SPEECH
The verbal characteristics of aggressive communication
• shouting
• yelling/ demanding
• Commanding
• blaming
• being critical
• being verbally abusive.

7. NONVERBAL CHARACTERISTICS
pushing
 hitting
Slapping
 throwing things
being physically abusive

8. CHARACTERISTICS OF AGGRESSIVE
PEOPLE
• Behaviour: Express their feelings and wants as though any other view is
unreasonable or stupid. Dismiss, ignore or insult the needs and opinions of others.
• Non-verbal: Make themselves large and threatening, eye contact is fixed and
penetrating, voice is loud.

9. • Beliefs: Their needs are more important and more justified than those of others.
They have rights, while other people don’t. Their contributions are more valuable.
• Emotions: Angry or powerful at the time and victorious when they win. Afterwards
they are remorseful, guilty or feel self-hatred for hurting others
• Goal: Win at any expense to others. Gain control over others

11. CAUSES OF AGGRESSIVE
COMMUNICATION
• Usually, your style of communication is what was most common in your family as
you were growing up.
• So, this means that an aggressive communication style is a learned behavior, which
is good news because you can change it.

12. • Aggressive communication is also sometimes caused by social anxiety or personality
disorders and sometimes where one feels like is bullied or victimized.
• These conduct disorder include intermittent explosive disorder, oppositional and
defiant disorder (ODD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), post-
traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Etc.
• In these cases, you eventually feel the need to stand up for yourself.

14. EXAMPLES OF PHRASES USED IN
AGGRESSIVE SPEECH
• I’m superior and right and you’re inferior and wrong.”
• “I’m loud, bossy and pushy.”
• “I can dominate and intimidate you.”
• “I can violate your rights.”
• “I’ll get my way no matter what.”
• “You’re not worth anything.”
• “It’s all your fault.”
• “I react instantly.”
• “I’m entitled.”
• “You owe me.”
• “I own you.”

15. DISADVANTAGES OF AGGRESSIVE
COMMUNICATION
• Try to dominate others even when its unnecessary
• Use humiliation to control others
• Criticize, blame, or attack others
• Be very impulsive
• Have low frustration tolerance

16. • Speak in a loud, demanding, and overbearing voice
• Act threateningly and rudely
• not listen well
• interrupt frequently hence break pattern of effective communication.
• use “you” statements
• Have an overbearing or intimidating posture

17. ADVANTAGES OF AGGRESSIVE
COMMUNICATION
• You feel powerful and in control.
• You are able to release tension.
• You are less vulnerable.
• Things tend to go your way.

18. REFERENCES
• UK Violence Intervention and Prevention Center: The Four Basic Styles of
Communication
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