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Card, Noel A.; Little, Todd D. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2006
Aggressive behavior in childhood has long been separated into that which is proactively motivated and that which is reactive. We report a meta-analytic review of the existing empirical literature that examines the associations of each type of aggression with six indices of psychosocial adjustment: internalizing problems, emotional dysregulation…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Aggression, Sociometric Techniques, Children
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Little, Todd D.; Brauner, Jessica; Jones, Stephanie M.; Nock, Matthew K.; Hawley, Patricia H. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2003
Compared five subgroups of aggressive children and adolescents on several adjustment correlates. Found that the reactive group and the group high on both instrumental and reactive reasons for aggression showed consistent maladaptive patterns across the adjustment correlates. The instrumental and typical groups (moderate on instrumental and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Aggression