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Profiles of the forms and functions of self-reported aggression in three adolescent samples

Marsee, M.A.; Frick, P.J.; Barry, C.T.; Kimonis, E.R.; Centifanti (née Muñoz), L.C.; Aucoin, K.J.

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Authors

M.A. Marsee

P.J. Frick

C.T. Barry

E.R. Kimonis

L.C. Centifanti (née Muñoz)

K.J. Aucoin



Abstract

In the current study, we addressed several issues related to the forms (physical and relational) and functions (reactive and proactive) of aggression in community (n = 307), voluntary residential (n = 1,917) and involuntarily detained (n = 659) adolescents (ages 11 to 19 years). Across samples, boys self-reported more physical aggression and girls reported more relational aggression, with the exception of higher levels of both forms of aggression in detained girls. Further, few boys showed high rates of relational aggression without also showing high rates of physical aggression. In contrast, it was not uncommon for girls to show high rates of relational aggression alone and these girls tended to also have high levels of problem behavior (e.g., delinquency) and mental health problems (e.g., emotional dysregulation, callous-unemotional traits). Finally, for physical aggression in both boys and girls, and for relational aggression in girls, there was a clear pattern of aggressive behavior that emerged from cluster analyses across samples. Two aggression clusters emerged with one group showing moderately high reactive aggression and a second group showing both high reactive and high proactive aggression (combined group). On measures of severity (e.g., self-reported delinquency and arrests) and etiologically important variables (e.g., emotional regulation and callous-unemotional traits), the reactive aggression group was more severe than a non-aggressive cluster but less severe than the combined aggressive cluster.

Citation

Marsee, M., Frick, P., Barry, C., Kimonis, E., Centifanti (née Muñoz), L., & Aucoin, K. (2014). Profiles of the forms and functions of self-reported aggression in three adolescent samples. Development and Psychopathology, 26(03), 705-720. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579414000339

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Aug 1, 2014
Deposit Date Dec 17, 2013
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Development and Psychopathology
Print ISSN 0954-5794
Electronic ISSN 1469-2198
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 26
Issue 03
Pages 705-720
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579414000339

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This article has been accepted for publication and will appear in a revised form, subsequent to peer review and/or editorial input by Cambridge University Press, in Development and psychopathology, published by Cambridge University Press.





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