The dyadic nature of social information processing in boys' reactive and proactive aggression.
J Pers Soc Psychol
; 80(2): 268-80, 2001 Feb.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11220445
ABSTRACT
The correlation between boys' social cognitions and their aggressive behavior toward peers was examined as being actor driven, partner driven, or dyadic relationship driven. Eleven groups of 6 familiar boys each (N = 165 dyads) met for 5 consecutive days to participate in play sessions and social-cognitive interviews. With a variance partitioning procedure, boys' social-cognitive processes were found to vary reliably across their dyadic relationships. Furthermore, mixed models regression analyses indicated that hostile attributional biases toward a particular peer were related to directly observed reactive aggression toward that peer even after controlling for actor and partner effects, suggesting that these phenomena are dyadic or relationship oriented. On the other hand, the relation between outcome expectancies for aggression and the display of proactive aggression appeared to be more actor driven and partner driven that dyadic.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Social Perception
/
Cognition
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Aggression
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limits:
Child
/
Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
J Pers Soc Psychol
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States