Peer victimization and changes in physical and relational aggression: The moderating role of executive functioning abilities
This study is the first to examine whether executive functioning (EF) abilities moderate longitudinal associations between peer victimization and engagement in physically and relationally aggressive behavior. Participants were 61 children (9–13 years, M = 10.68, SD = 1.28; 48% male) drawn from a partially clinical sample who were assessed at two time points, approximately 12 months apart. At time 1, children were administered a battery of EF tests; adult reports of children's relational and physical victimization and use of relational and physical aggression were collected. At time 2, adult‐reported aggression ...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - April 10, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Julia D. McQuade Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Discrepancy in perception of bullying experiences and later internalizing and externalizing behavior: A prospective study
Discrepancy in perception of bullying experiences may lead to later internalizing or externalizing behavior in adolescents. A 1,663 South Korean 7th and 8th graders (mean age: 13.1 and 14.1 years old), were seen for a follow‐up study to examine the relationships between the discrepancy in perception of their bullying experiences (defined as discrepancy between self‐ and peer‐reports of bullying experiences) and internalizing or externalizing behavior at follow‐up. Bullying was assessed by self‐ and peer‐report. The discrepancy in perception of bullying experiences was defined by the concordance or discordance b...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - March 22, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Soonjo Hwang, Young Shin Kim, Yun ‐Joo Koh, Somer Bishop, Bennett L. Leventhal Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
The efficacy of teachers ’ responses to incidents of bullying and victimization: The mediational role of moral disengagement for bullying
We examined the mediating effect of students’ moral disengagement between types of teachers’ responses to situations of bullying and victimization and individual bullying using multilevel mediation modelling. Participants were 609 students (50% boys, age M = 11.47, SD = 1.14) of central Italy, nested in 34 classes. Students rated the frequency of self‐reported bullying and of teachers’ responses to incidents of bullying and victimization on a 5‐point Likert scale. Teachers’ responses to bullying included non‐intervention, mediation, group discussion, and sanctions. Teachers’ responses to victimizati...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - March 19, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kristel Campaert, Annalaura Nocentini, Ersilia Menesini Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Prospective associations between peer victimization and social ‐psychological adjustment problems in early childhood
The present short‐term longitudinal study examined prospective associations between two forms of peer victimization (i.e., physical, relational) and both externalizing and internalizing problems in early childhood. The study assessed 97 children (42 girls; M age = 45.22 months, SD = 6.99) over the course of one school year with assessments occurring at the end of each semester (approximately 6 months apart). Multiple methods were used to collect data over the course of one school year to test theoretically driven hypotheses. Cross‐lagged path analyses were conducted, revealing significant associations between r...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - March 14, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kimberly E. Kamper ‐DeMarco, Jamie M. Ostrov Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
The facial width ‐to‐height ratio determines interpersonal distance preferences in the observer
In conclusion, women are able to accurately detect aggressiveness in emotionally neutral facial expressions, and adapt their social distance preferences accordingly. (Source: Aggressive Behavior)
Source: Aggressive Behavior - March 5, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Klara A. Lieberz, Sabine Windmann, Shawn N. Geniole, Cheryl M. McCormick, Meike Mueller ‐Engelmann, Felix Gruener, Pia Bornefeld‐Ettmann, Regina Steil Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Metacognitive beliefs and rumination as predictors of anger: A prospective study
The metacognitive approach conceptualizes the relationship between anger and rumination as driven by metacognitive beliefs, which are information individuals hold about their own cognition and about coping strategies that impact on it. The present study aimed to test the prospective predictive impact of metacognitive beliefs and rumination on anger in a community sample. Seventy‐six participants were recruited and engaged in a 2‐week anger, rumination, and metacognitive beliefs monitoring protocol. A multi‐wave panel design was employed to test whether metacognitive beliefs and rumination have a prospective impact on...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - February 22, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gabriele Caselli, Alessia Offredi, Francesca Martino, Davide Varalli, Giovanni M. Ruggiero, Sandra Sassaroli, Marcantonio M. Spada, Adrian Wells Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Anxiety symptoms as a moderator of the reciprocal links between forms of aggression and peer victimization in middle childhood
The current short‐term longitudinal study evaluated whether anxiety symptoms moderated the bidirectional associations between forms (i.e., physical and relational) of aggression and peer victimization over a 1‐year period during middle childhood. Participants were 228 predominantly Caucasian children (50.4% boys; M = 8.32 years, SD = .95 years) in the second through fourth grades and their homeroom teachers. Children completed a self‐report measure of anxiety symptoms at Time 1. Peer victimization was assessed using self‐reports at Time 1 and approximately 1 year later (Time 2), and teachers provided rating...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - February 19, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John L. Cooley, Andrew L. Frazer, Paula J. Fite, Shaquanna Brown, Moneika DiPierro Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Longitudinal relations between children's cognitive and affective theory of mind with reactive and proactive aggression
Aggression may be performed for different reasons, such as defending oneself (reactive aggression) or to reach egoistic aims (proactive aggression). It is a widely accepted notion that a lack of theory of mind (ToM) as a basic social competence should be linked to higher aggression, but findings on the developmental links between ToM and different functions of aggression have been inconsistent. One reason for this may be the failure of taking the bi‐dimensionality of both ToM (cognitive vs. affective) and aggression (reactive vs. proactive) into account. In addition, the direction of effect remains unclear because longit...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - February 19, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gina Austin, Rebecca Bond ü, Birgit Elsner Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Generalized hostile interpretation bias regarding facial expressions: Characteristic of pathological aggressive behavior
Individuals with aggression regulation disorders tend to attribute hostility to others in socially ambiguous situations. Previous research suggests that this “hostile attribution bias” is a powerful cause of aggression. Facial expressions form important cues in the appreciation of others’ intentions. Furthermore, accurate processing of facial expressions is fundamental to normal socialization. However, research on interpretation biases in facial affect is limited. It is asserted that a hostile interpretation bias (HIB) is likely to be displayed by individuals with an antisocial (ASPD) and borderline personality disor...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - February 11, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Danique Smeijers, Mike Rinck, Erik Bulten, Thom van den Heuvel, Robbert ‐Jan Verkes Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
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Source: Aggressive Behavior - February 7, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Issue Information Source Type: research
Psychological processes in young bullies versus bully ‐victims
Some children who bully others are also victimized themselves (“bully‐victims”) whereas others are not victimized themselves (“bullies”). These subgroups have been shown to differ in their social functioning as early as in kindergarten. What is less clear are the motives that underlie the bullying behavior of young bullies and bully‐victims. The present study examined whether bullies have proactive motives for aggression and anticipate to feel happy after victimizing others, whereas bully‐victims have reactive motives for aggression, poor theory of mind skills, and attribute hostile intent to others. This “...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - February 7, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Anouk van Dijk, Astrid M. G. Poorthuis, Tina Malti Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Do attachment patterns predict aggression in a context of social rejection? An executive functioning account
People tend to respond to rejection and attack with aggression. The present research examined the modulation role of attachment patterns on provoked aggression following punishment and proposed an executive functioning account of attachment patterns’ modulating influence based on the General Aggression Model. Attachment style was measured using the Experiences in Close Relationships inventory. Experiments 1a and b and 2 adopted a social rejection task and assessed subsequent unprovoked and provoked aggression with different attachment patterns. Moreover, Experiment 1b and 2 used a Stroop task to examine whether differenc...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - February 6, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yuanxiao Ma, Haijing Ma, Xu Chen, Guangming Ran, Xing Zhang Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Maternal depression and intimate partner violence exposure: Longitudinal analyses of the development of aggressive behavior in an at ‐risk sample
A substantial body of literature has documented the negative effects of intimate partner violence (IPV) on a wide range of children's developmental outcomes. However, whether a child's exposure to IPV leads to increased adjustment difficulties is likely to depend on a variety of factors, including the caregiver's mental health and the developmental time period when IPV exposure occurs. The present study seeks to improve our understanding of the long‐term effects of IPV exposure and maternal depression on the development of children's overt aggressive behavior. Longitudinal analyses (i.e., latent growth curve modeling) ex...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - January 26, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Megan R. Holmes, Susan Yoon, Kristen A. Berg Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Does an aggressor's target choice matter? Assessing change in the social network prestige of aggressive youth
Based on a social dominance approach, aggression is conceptualized as a strategy used to gain position, power, and influence within the peer network. However, aggression may only be beneficial when targeted against particular peers; both victims’ social standing and the number of victims targeted may impact aggressors’ social standing. The current study examined associations between aggressors’ targeting tendencies (victims’ social standing and number of victims) and aggressors’ own social standing, both concurrently and over time. Analyses were conducted using three analytic samples of seventh and eighth grade a...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - January 16, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Naomi C. Z. Andrews, Laura D. Hanish, Carlos E. Santos Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Violence involvement among nightlife patrons: The relative role of demographics and substance use
The nightlife setting is a risk context for violence involvement that ultimately may cause severe injuries and fatalities. Few studies have examined associations between alcohol and illicit substance use with physical violence involvement among nightlife patrons. The aim of the current study was to investigate the relative role of demographics and substance use characteristics for nightlife violence involvement among Norwegian nightlife patrons. A cross‐sectional self‐completion survey was conducted outside 12 licensed premises in Oslo (n = 1099, response rate = 76%) and each respondent's BAC level was measured...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - January 11, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Trond Nordfj ærn Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
