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Daily Deviations in Anger, Guilt, and Sympathy: A Developmental Diary Study of Aggression

Auteurs: Tyler Colasante, Antonio Zuffianò, Tina Malti

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Uitgave 8/2016

Abstract

With a diary study of 4- and 8-year-olds, we tested the association between daily deviations in anger and aggressive behavior, and whether this link was moderated by feelings of guilt and sympathy. Caregivers reported their children’s anger and aggression for 10 consecutive days (470 records; N = 80, 53 % girls). To calculate daily anger deviations from average anger levels, we subtracted each child’s average anger score (i.e., across 10 days) from his/her daily anger scores. Children reported their guilty feelings in response to vignettes depicting intentional harm, as well as their dispositional sympathy levels. Multilevel modeling indicated that within-child spikes in daily anger were associated with more aggression, above and beyond between-child differences in average anger levels. However, this association was weaker for children who reported higher levels of guilt. Sympathy did not moderate the anger-aggression link. We discuss potential implications for affective-developmental models of aggression and interventions that target anger-related aggression.

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Titel: Daily Deviations in Anger, Guilt, and Sympathy: A Developmental Diary Study of Aggression
Auteurs: Tyler Colasante
Antonio Zuffianò
Tina Malti
Publicatiedatum: 21-03-2016
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology / Uitgave 8/2016
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-016-0143-y

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