This experiment is one of the (so-far) few that explicitly consider the ‘Kicking the Barking Dog Effect‘:
“Effects of anger and trigger identity on triggered displaced aggression among college students: based on the ‘kicking the barking dog effect’, ” Shen Liu, Wenxiu Li, Xinwei Hong, Minghua Song, Feng Liu, Zhibin Guo, and Lin Zhang, BMC Psychology, vol. 12, 2024, article 641. The authors explain:
“Drawing on the ‘kicking the barking dog effect’, this study investigated the individual and group-level mechanisms underlying triggered displaced aggression (TDA)…. Three experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of anger and hostile attribution on TDA, examining these factors at both the individual and group levels….
“Conclusion — These findings expand the applicability of the ‘kicking the barking dog effect’ and offer suggestions for controlling the escalation of intergroup conflicts.”