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31-08-2018 | Original Article

Understanding the Victimization–Aggression Link in Childhood: The Roles of Sympathy and Resting Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia

Auteurs: Tyler Colasante, Joanna Peplak, Stefania Sette, Tina Malti

Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development | Uitgave 2/2019

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Abstract

With a sample of 4- and 8-year-olds (N = 131), we tested the extent to which more frequent experiences of victimization were associated with heightened aggression towards others, and how sympathetic concern and resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) factored into this relationship. Caregivers reported their children’s aggression and sympathy. Children reported their victimization and their resting RSA was calculated from electrocardiogram data in response to a nondescript video. Findings revealed that children who reported more frequent victimization were rated as less sympathetic and, in turn, more aggressive. However, resting RSA moderated this path, such that children with high levels were rated as more versus less sympathetic when they reported less versus more victimization, respectively. Results suggest that considering children’s sympathetic tendencies and physiology is important to gain a nuanced understanding of their victimization-related aggression.
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In a previous pilot study, we dropped two reverse-coded items from the original seven-item scale due to low reliability for children. Since doing this, we have also used a five-item sympathy scale for caregiver informants, as the excluded items did not significantly improve reliability for them [40].
 
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Interactions between control (i.e., gender and age) and independent variables were not significant.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Understanding the Victimization–Aggression Link in Childhood: The Roles of Sympathy and Resting Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia
Auteurs
Tyler Colasante
Joanna Peplak
Stefania Sette
Tina Malti
Publicatiedatum
31-08-2018
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Child Psychiatry & Human Development / Uitgave 2/2019
Print ISSN: 0009-398X
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3327
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-018-0841-5