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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"reactive aggression"”.
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Cognitive and Affective Empathy as Predictors of Proactive and Reactive Aggression
… affective empathy as predictors of proactive and reactive aggression. This study also explored whether levels of cognitive and affective empathy differed among children who use proactive and reactive aggression. Cognitive and affective empathy were measured by the Basic Empathy Scale (Jolliffe & …
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Proactive and Reactive Aggression, Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia, and Sleep in Adolescents
… the relationship between proactive and reactive aggression, sleep, and autonomic dysfunction has shown inconsistencies. The unique etiologies, manifestations, and presentation of these two aggressive subtypes have garnered much speculation, and research has shown mixed, and oftentimes …
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Psychopathic Traits and Endocrine Function as Predictors of Costly and Non-Costly Reactive Aggression
… estradiol) in predicting costly and non-costly reactive aggression. I hypothesized that whereas self-centred impulsivity (SCI) would promote costly aggression, fearless dominance (FD) would promote non-costly aggression. Costly aggression was measured using the Point Subtraction Aggression …
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Adolescent Perceptions and Beliefs of Proactive-Reactive Aggression Explored Through the Social Information Processing Model of Aggression.
Human aggression is a frequently studied aspect of human behavior. Although great strides have been made not one single theory can fully explain the complexity of aggression. The Social Information Processing model of aggression (Crick and Dodge, 1994) has served as a useful tool to examine …
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Repeated Alcohol Use and Sober-State Reactive Aggression: The Mediating and Moderating Role of Sober-State Executive Cognitive Functioning
… impact of repeated drinking on sober-state aggression based on research that has pointed to the negative neural effects of chronic alcohol consumption, especially on frontal lobe functioning. In particular, it examined the relationship between repeated alcohol use and sober-state reactive …
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How MAOA, decision-making, and negative parenting impact aggression and conduct problems in children: a gene by environment interaction study
… the relationship between MAOA gene variant and aggression/conduct problems and if low/high MAOA and negative parenting will moderate decision-making and aggression/conduct problems. Method: Study used archival baseline data from a population of at-risk children. Measures include the buccal swab, …
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The relationships among aggressive functions, family factors, and internalizing and externalizing symptoms in youth
Aggression is a heterogeneous behavior that has been conceptualized by two distinct but inter-related functions: proactive and reactive aggression (Dodge, 1991). Proactive aggression has been linked to externalizing behaviors and reactive aggression to internalizing behaviors (Vitaro, Gendreau, …
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An examination of the relationship between the positive illusory bias and the subtypes of aggression across time: a multi-method perspective
… the positive illusory bias and the subtypes of aggression in a sample of aggressive children (n = 120) across three time points using multiple informants. In addition, a methodological question was explored by using difference and residual scores of the bias to examine its relationship with …
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Investigating Sex Differences in the Association Between Alexithymia and Adjustment Outcomes Among Detained Youth
… between alexithymia and proactive versus reactive aggression remains unclear, as prior studies have obtained mixed results. Also, there is a dearth of research on how these relations manifest in vulnerable justice-involved youth, who are at increased risk for alexithymia and psychological …
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Intending to be aggressive : applying the theory of planned behaviour to reactive and instrumental adolescent aggression
Adolescents’ intentions to behave in both reactive and instrumental aggression were assessed using the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB; I. Ajzen, 1985). Along with examining the TPB, perceptions of self-efficacy (A. Bandura, 1982) towards both types of aggression were also assessed. Self-report …
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The Relationship between Aggressive Behavior and Social Cognitive Abilities in Preschool Children
… forms (relational and physical) and functions(reactive and proactive) of aggressive behavior in preschool children and the relationship of these behaviors to social-cognitive abilities. Naturalistic observations and teacher reports were used to assess the aggressive behavior of 60 preschool …
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Friend Or Foe: The Effect Of Shared Group Status On Aggressiveness And Testosterone In Response To Provocation
… examining the impact of shared group status on reactive aggression in response to provocation. Using a previously validated measure of reactive aggression, participants were provoked by and given a chance to aggress on to either a racial ingroup or outgroup member. Participants also provided …
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Pathways of Psychopathic Traits to Aggression Through Affective Correlates
… between psychopathic personality traits and aggression within an undergraduate sample. The project addresses three gaps in research – how psychopathic personality traits relate to empathy facets from a recently developed measure of empathy (Affective and Cognitive Measure of Empathy [ACME]; …
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Negative Affect in the Relationship between Internalizing Symptoms and Aggression: The Role of Effortful Control
… depression and externalizing symptoms such as aggression, the reason for this co-occurrence remains unclear. High negative affect is one factor that has been proposed to explain the connection between anxiety and depression, as well as between these internalizing symptoms and externalizing …
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Differential Responses of Children with Varying Degrees of Reactive and Proactive Aggression to Two Forms of Psychosocial Treatment
… clinical correlates of two subtypes of childhood aggression (reactive and proactive), this study examined possible differential treatment effects for children with varying degrees of reactive or proactive aggression receiving one of two types of psychosocial treatment aimed at addressing these …
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Social Information Processing, Cortisol Secretion, and Aggression in Adolescents
… processing and cortisol secretion in childhood aggression have generated a great deal of interest and research in the past few decades, these social-cognitive and physiological components of aggressive behavior have not been examined in the context of an integrative model. This lack of an …
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Types of Aggression, Responsiveness to Provocation, and Psychopathic Traits
Research on the various subtypes of aggression has documented differences in the experience of anger and the expression of angry aggression. Mixed proactive and reactive aggressive individuals exhibit reactive aggression but, unlike reactive aggressive individuals, fail to exhibit angry expressions …
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Developmental Pathways for Children with Disruptive Behavior Disorders
… with thrill seeking behavior and proactive aggression in the child, and insecure attachment in the caregiver. A second pathway, characterized by child negative reactivity, was hypothesized to be positively associated with reactive aggression in the child and disorganized attachment in the …
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The Facets of Hostile Attributional Bias: The Importance of Aggression Subtypes and Provocateur Motivation
… bias (HAB) with the functions (proactive and reactive) and subtypes (reactive relational and reactive overt) of aggression as well as with perceived provocateur motivation (proactive or reactive) in a high school sample (mean age = 16.51; 50% male; 31% Caucasian). Revisions to a measure of HAB …
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A Neurophysiological Examination Of Stress Control In Martial Artists
… continue to be explored in studies of stress and reactive aggression. In addition to our physical stressors we also exposed individuals to affective imagery from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS). Individual levels of aggression were also assessed using the Buss and Perry …
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