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01-04-2007 | Original Paper

“Accept Me, or Else…”: Disputed Overestimation of Social Competence Predicts Increases in Proactive Aggression

Auteurs: Bram Orobio de Castro, Mara Brendgen, Herman Van Boxtel, Frank Vitaro, Linda Schaepers

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Uitgave 2/2007

Abstract

It has been proposed that aggressive behavior may result from unrealistically positive self-evaluations that are disputed by others (Baumeister, Smart, & Boden, 1996). The present three studies tested this proposition concurrently and longitudinally for the domain of self-perceived social competence (SPSC) in 3–6th grade children on two continents. Each study tested whether aggressive behavior is related to general overestimation of SPSC compared to competence as perceived by peers, or to disputed overestimation, that is, overestimation disputed through rejection by peers. Specificity of relations with reactively or proactively aggressive behavior patterns was assessed and the predictive value of overestimation to the development of these types of aggressive behavior was investigated. Concurrently, disputed overestimation explained more variance in aggressive behavior than general overestimation, and was uniquely related to proactive aggression. Longitudinally, disputed overestimation also uniquely predicted changes in proactive, not reactive aggression.

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Titel: “Accept Me, or Else…”: Disputed Overestimation of Social Competence Predicts Increases in Proactive Aggression
Auteurs: Bram Orobio de Castro
Mara Brendgen
Herman Van Boxtel
Frank Vitaro
Linda Schaepers
Publicatiedatum: 01-04-2007
Uitgeverij: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology / Uitgave 2/2007
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-006-9063-6

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