@article{ref1,
title="Development of Social Problem-Solving Strategies and Changes in Aggressive Behavior: A 7-year Follow-Up from Childhood to Late Adolescence",
journal="Aggressive behavior",
year="1999",
author="Keltikangas-J‰rvinen, Liisa and Pakaslahti, Laura",
volume="25",
number="4",
pages="269-279",
abstract="The aim of this study was to predict a stability of aggressive behavior on the basis of social problem-solving strategies. Subjects were a total of 120 children, but complete follow-up data were available only in 47 cases. Their aggressive behaviors were peer rated, and problem-solving strategies were assessed in childhood subjects being 10 years on average, and 7 years later. Association between a development of social strategies and changes in aggressive behavior was studied with personality-oriented pattern analyses. The main finding was that a development of strategies predicted a stability or changes of aggressive behavior very well. Aggressive strategies, both in childhood and in adolescence, as well as a lack of constructive alternatives characterized permanently aggressive subjects. Turning from nonaggressive to aggressive behavior was also explained by aggressive problem-solving strategies, while a positive development, i.e., turning from childhood aggressive to adolescent nonaggressive behavior, was possible only if a person had never used aggressive strategies. Agreement between behavior and strategies was higher among girls. The findings supported a claim that intervention of aggressive behavior may be possible by modifying social strategies. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Aggressive Behavior, 1999. Copyright © 1999 by Wiley-Liss, Inc.)Child AggressionChild DevelopmentProblem Solving SkillsLate ChildhoodLate AdolescenceJuvenile AggressionJuvenile DevelopmentFollow-Up StudiesYouth Development06-02<p />",
language="",
issn="0096-140X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}