Do Hostile Attribution Biases in Children and Parents Predict Relationally Aggressive Behavior?

Autor/in	Werner, Nicole E.
Titel	Do Hostile Attribution Biases in Children and Parents Predict Relationally Aggressive Behavior?
Quelle	In: Journal of Genetic Psychology, 173 (2012) 3, S.221-245 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1325
DOI	10.1080/00221325.2011.600357
Schlagwörter	Aggression; Grade 3; Mothers; Fathers; Predictor Variables; Attribution Theory; Peer Relationship; Family Influence; Elementary School Students; Grade 4; Grade 5; Teacher Student Relationship; Family Relationship; Gender Differences; Daughters; Sons; Social Behavior; Antisocial Behavior; Age Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Mother; Mutter; Prädiktor; Peer-Beziehungen; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Daughter; Tochter; Son; Sohn; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	Relatively little is understood about the role of hostile attributions in children's use of relational aggression with peers, or about the impact of family processes on children's attributions about ambiguous provocations. This cross-sectional study investigated associations among hostile attributions made by children, mothers, and fathers, and children's use of relational aggression with peers. The sample included 91 children in Grades 3-5 (43 girls), and their mothers (n = 90) and teachers (n = 88). Fathers also participated for a subsample of children (n = 53). Results showed that relational aggression is associated with a hostile attribution bias in children and parents, although findings varied as a function of gender of parent and child, provocation type, and informant of aggression. Overall, mothers' attributions were more closely related to daughters' attributions and aggressive behavior than to sons'. Implications of these findings for social information processing models and family-focused prevention of relational aggression are discussed. (Contains 5 tables, 2 figures, and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10