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Gender Differences in Psychopathic Traits, Types, and Correlates of Aggression Among Adjudicated Youth

Auteurs: Timothy R. Stickle, Victoria A. Marini, Jamila N. Thomas

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Uitgave 4/2012

Abstract

The current study investigated gender differences in types and correlates of aggression among 150 adjudicated youth (M age = 15.2, SD = 1.4). In cluster analysis, consistent with past studies, one aggressive group characterized by moderate levels of reactive aggression and one characterized by high levels of proactive and reactive aggression emerged and these patterns were consistent across gender. For both boys and girls, the combined proactive/reactive aggression cluster showed the greatest levels of aggression, impulsivity, and callous-unemotional traits, supporting a severity over a typology model of proactive and reactive aggression. Girls displayed significantly higher rates of physical and relational aggression than boys. Girls were highly aggressive toward both girls and boys, whereas boys were highly aggressive only toward other boys. Girls also showed multiple indications of severity and emotionality, indexed by higher rates of negative affect, anxiety, distress about social provocations, and empathy.

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Titel: Gender Differences in Psychopathic Traits, Types, and Correlates of Aggression Among Adjudicated Youth
Auteurs: Timothy R. Stickle
Victoria A. Marini
Jamila N. Thomas
Publicatiedatum: 01-05-2012
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology / Uitgave 4/2012
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-011-9588-1

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