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Approach/Positive Anticipation, Frustration/Anger, and Overt Aggression in Childhood
Author(s) -
DeaterDeckard Kirby,
Beekman Charles,
Wang Zhe,
Kim Jungmeen,
Petrill Stephen,
Thompson Lee,
DeThorne Laura
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00640.x
Subject(s) - aggression , anger , psychology , anticipation (artificial intelligence) , developmental psychology , frustration , clinical psychology , social psychology , artificial intelligence , computer science
We examined mothers' ratings of children's affective and behavioral aspects of approach tendencies and links with overt aggressive behavior problems while considering the genetic etiology of these processes. Approach/positive anticipation (AP), frustration/anger (FA), and overt aggression in 4–9‐year‐olds were assessed using mothers' reports in a diverse national sample ( n =992) and a sample of same‐sex twins ( n =195 pairs). AP and FA were positively correlated with each other and with overt aggression ( r from .2 to .5), and these associations were very similar for boys and girls. AP and FA provided overlapping as well as independent statistical prediction of aggression. AP statistical prediction of aggression was substantially mediated by FA, an effect that was accounted for by underlying genetic and nonshared environmental influences.