A parent questionnaire for distinguishing between reactive and proactive aggression in children

Kempes, Maaike, Matthys, Walter, Maassen, Gerard, Van Goozen, Stephanie Helena Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5983-4734 and Engeland, Herman 2006. A parent questionnaire for distinguishing between reactive and proactive aggression in children. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 15 (1) , pp. 38-45. 10.1007/s00787-006-0502-2

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Abstract

Background Evidence suggests that reactive and proactive aggression can be distinguished on the basis of teacher-rating scales. In this article a newly developed parent-rated questionnaire that aims to distinguish between reactive and proactive aggression is evaluated with regard to its structure and validity. Method In study 1, a confirmatory factor analysis was performed on the data of 442 children aged 6–12 years of a general population. Study 2 examined the relations between the two forms of aggression and hostile intentions, expected outcome of aggression, ADHD symptoms and callous-unemotional traits in a sample of 40 normal and 40 disruptive behaviour disordered boys aged 8–12 years. Results The confirmatory factor analysis showed that the two-factor model, unlike a singlefactor model, produced a reasonable fit to the data. The results of study 2 showed that the correlations between the different variables and reactive aggression differed from the correlations with proactive aggression in ways that were consistent with theoretical definitions and earlier findings. Conclusion These results, in addition to those of earlier studies using teacher-rating scales, suggest that it is possible to make a valid distinction between reactive and proactive aggression using this newly developed parent-rated questionnaire.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (NMHRI)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	reactive aggression - proactive aggression - parentrating scale - disruptive behaviour disorder
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	1018-8827
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2022 09:37
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/32621

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