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Social-information-processing factors in reactive and proactive aggression in children’s peer groups

Dodge, Kenneth A., Coie, John D.·1987·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
DOI 10.1037/0022-3514.53.6.1146
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We examined social-information-processing mechanisms (e.g., hostile attributional biases and intention-cue detection deficits) in chronic reactive and proactive aggressive behavior in children's peer groups. In Study 1, a teacher-rating instrument was developed to assess these behaviors in elementary school children (N = 259). Reactive and proactive scales were found to be internally consistent, and factor analyses partially supported convergent and discriminant validities. In Study 2, behavioral correlates of these forms of aggression were examined through assessments by peers (N = 339). Both types of aggression related to social rejection, but only proactively aggressive boys were also viewed as leaders and as having a sense of humor. In Study 3, we hypothesized that reactive aggression (but not proactive aggression) would occur as a function of hostile attributional biases and intention-cue detection deficits. Four groups of socially rejected boys (reactive aggressive, proactive aggressive, reactive-proactive aggressive, and nonaggressive) and a group of average boys were presented with a series of hypothetical videorecorded vignettes depicting provocations by peers and were asked to interpret the intentions of the provocateur (N = 117). Only the two reactive-aggressive groups displayed biases and deficits in interpretations. In Study 4, attributional biases and deficits were found to be positively correlated with the rate of reactive aggression (but not proactive aggression) displayed in free play with peers (N = 127). These studies supported the hypothesis that attributional biases and deficits are related to reactive aggression but not to proactive aggression.

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Authors
Dodge, K. A., & Coie, J. D.
Affiliations
Vanderbilt University (US)
ORCID
Dodge, Kenneth A.
Venue
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
1987
Volume
53
Issue
6
Pages
1146-1158
ISSN
  • 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1315
DOI
10.1037/0022-3514.53.6.1146
OpenAlex
W2081231572
Cited by
2,546
References
45
Citations by year
2026: 56 · 2025: 111 · 2024: 56 · 2023: 97 · 2022: 80 · 2021: 97 · 2020: 86 · 2019: 87 · 2018: 93 · 2017: 106 · 2016: 115 · 2015: 105 · 2014: 103 · 2013: 126 · 2012: 107
FWCI
11.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5k04hd000806-05, 2r01mh038765-06a1)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH38765)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (K04 HD00806)
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 › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
Keywords
reactive aggression, proactive aggression, social information processing, hostile attribution bias, social rejection, peer leadership, peer provocation
MeSH terms
Aggression, Child, Female, Hostility, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Peer Group, Rejection, Psychology, Set, Psychology, Social Adjustment, Social Perception

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Dodge, K. A., & Coie, J. D. (1987). Social-information-processing factors in reactive and proactive aggression in children’s peer groups. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.53.6.1146

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