Reactive and Proactive Aggression: Differential Links With Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Maternal Criticism in Adolescence
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In: Aggressive Behavior, Vol. 41, No. 3, 06.2015, p. 214-226.
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T1 - Reactive and Proactive Aggression: Differential Links With Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Maternal Criticism in Adolescence
AU - Skripkauskaite, Simona
AU - Hawk, Skyler T.
AU - Branje, Susan J. T.
AU - Koot, Hans M.
AU - van Lier, Pol A. C.
AU - Meeus, Wim
PY - 2015/6
Y1 - 2015/6
N2 - Proactive and reactive functions of aggression are thought to manifest through different familial and emotional processes, even though they often co-occur. We investigated direct and indirect pathways through which maternal criticism and emotion regulation (ER) difficulties relate to reactive and proactive aggression in adolescence. Further, we examined how maternal criticism and emotion dysregulation interrelate, both concurrently and over time. Participants were 482 Dutch adolescents (M = 15.03, SD = 0.45, 57% boys) who self-reported on their ER difficulties, perceived maternal criticism, and reactive/proactive aggression. Cross-lagged panel modeling across four annual measurements revealed direct bidirectional links over time between maternal criticism and emotion dysregulation. Positive links over time from maternal criticism to proactive (but not reactive) aggression were also present. Emotion dysregulation and proactive aggression were linked only indirectly via maternal criticism. Gender did not significantly moderate these links. By revealing differential developmental pathways involving adolescents' ER and maternal criticism, the present study offers support for the dual function model of aggression. Aggr. Behav. 41:214-226, 2015.
AB - Proactive and reactive functions of aggression are thought to manifest through different familial and emotional processes, even though they often co-occur. We investigated direct and indirect pathways through which maternal criticism and emotion regulation (ER) difficulties relate to reactive and proactive aggression in adolescence. Further, we examined how maternal criticism and emotion dysregulation interrelate, both concurrently and over time. Participants were 482 Dutch adolescents (M = 15.03, SD = 0.45, 57% boys) who self-reported on their ER difficulties, perceived maternal criticism, and reactive/proactive aggression. Cross-lagged panel modeling across four annual measurements revealed direct bidirectional links over time between maternal criticism and emotion dysregulation. Positive links over time from maternal criticism to proactive (but not reactive) aggression were also present. Emotion dysregulation and proactive aggression were linked only indirectly via maternal criticism. Gender did not significantly moderate these links. By revealing differential developmental pathways involving adolescents' ER and maternal criticism, the present study offers support for the dual function model of aggression. Aggr. Behav. 41:214-226, 2015.
KW - adolescents
KW - longitudinal
KW - maternal criticism
KW - emotion regulation
KW - reactive/proactive aggression
U2 - 10.1002/ab.21583
DO - 10.1002/ab.21583
M3 - Article
VL - 41
SP - 214
EP - 226
JO - Aggressive Behavior
JF - Aggressive Behavior
SN - 0096-140X
IS - 3
ER -