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Aggressive and prosocial? Examining latent profiles of behavior, social status, Machiavellianism, and empathy

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Berger, Christian, Batanova, Milena, Cance, Jessica Duncan·2015·Journal of Youth and Adolescence
DOI 10.1007/s10964-015-0298-9
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The present study tests whether aggression and prosocial behavior can coexist as part of a socially functional and adaptive profile among early adolescents. Using a person-centered approach, the study examined early adolescents' likelihood of being classified into profiles involving aggressive and prosocial behavior, social status (popular, liked, cool), machiavellianism, and both affective and cognitive components of empathy (empathic concern and perspective taking, respectively). Participants were 1170 early adolescents (10-12 years of age; 52% male) from four schools in metropolitan Santiago, Chile. Through latent profile analysis, three profiles emerged (normative-low aggressive, high prosocial-low aggressive, and high aggressive-high popular status). Both empathic concern and perspective taking were higher in the high prosocial-low aggressive profile, whereas the high aggressive-high popular status profile had the lowest scores on both empathy components as well as machiavellianism. No profile emerged where aggressive and prosocial behaviors were found to co-exist, or to be significantly above the mean. The results underscore that aggressive behavior is highly contextual and likely culturally specific, and that the study of behavioral profiles should consider social status as well as socio-emotional adjustment indicators. These complex associations should be taken into consideration when planning prevention and intervention efforts to reduce aggression or school bullying and to promote positive peer relationships.

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  • Contrary to previous peer-nomination studies, no evidence for mainly aggressive or mainly prosocial groups was found.

    “Contrary to previous works that looked for profiles using peer-nomination to collect data (e.g., Berger et al., 2015 ; Hartl et al., 2019 ; McDonald et al., 2015 ), no evidence for mainly aggressive 1 or mainly prosocial groups was found.”

    From A latent profile analysis of aggression and prosocial behavior in relation to adolescent wellbeing (2025) · cites this paper as Berger et al., 2015

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Authors
Berger, C., Batanova, M., & Cance, J. D.
Affiliations
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CL)
  • Tufts University (US)
  • The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Corresponding author
Berger, Christian
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2015-05-19
Volume
44
Issue
12
Pages
2230-2244
ISSN
  • 0047-2891 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-6601
DOI
10.1007/s10964-015-0298-9
OpenAlex
W346790153
Cited by
100
References
98
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 1
FWCI
10.38
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
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  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Americanae (AECID Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • Interdisciplinary Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Studies-ICIIS (CONICYT/FONDAP/15110006)
  • Programa de Investigación Asociativa-Comisión Nacional para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (PIA-CONICYT), Project Anillos in Social Sciences and Humanities “Normalidad, Diferencia y Educación” (SOC1103)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Keywords
aggression, prosocial behavior, early adolescents, social status, Machiavellianism, empathy, empathic concern, perspective taking, behavioral profiles, peer popularity, school bullying, social-emotional adjustment
MeSH terms
Aggression, Child, Child Behavior, Chile, Empathy, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Machiavellianism, Male, Peer Group, Social Behavior, Models, Statistical, Self Report

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