Citation

McAuliffe MD, Hubbard JA, Rubin RM, Morrow MT, Dearing KF. J. Genet. Psychol. 2006; 167(4): 365-382.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716-2577, USA. meghanmc@psych.udel.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17645228

Abstract

The authors examined short-term temporal stability of reactive and proactive aggression, as well as short-term consistency of differential relations of reactive versus proactive aggression to 4 correlates. The authors used parent, teacher, peer, and self-report measures twice across 1 year to assess reactive aggression, proactive aggression, hyperactivity, social skills, anger expression, and depressive symptoms of 2nd-grade boys and girls (N = 57). Both subtypes of aggression remained stable across the year, even when the other subtype of aggression was explained at each assessment. Reactive aggression, but not proactive aggression, was consistently positively related to hyperactivity, poor social skills, and anger expression at each assessment.

Language: en