Reactive and Proactive Aggression: Cross-informant Agreement and the Clinical Utility of Different Informants |
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Authors: | Thomas H Ollendick Matthew A Jarrett Jennifer C Wolff Angela Scarpa |
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Institution: | (1) Child Study Center, Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 460 Turner Street, Suite 207, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA |
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Abstract: | The current study examined cross-informant agreement and clinical utility of parent and teacher ratings of reactive and proactive
aggression (two functions of aggression) in the prediction of aggressive and rule-breaking behavior (two forms of aggressive
behavior) in a clinically-heterogeneous referred sample. Reactive and proactive measures were significantly related to one
another within informant. Furthermore, the reactive and proactive measures of aggression were significantly related across
informants and resulted in differential predictions of emotion-focused aggressive and goal-directed rule-breaking behaviors
in home and school settings. Both reactive and proactive functions of aggression predicted aggressive acts that were more
emotion-focused, whereas only the proactive function of aggression predicted instrumental acts of aggression. The current
findings suggest that setting-specific reports of functions and forms of aggressive behavior are valuable and that it may
be premature to abandon the reactive and proactive aggression distinction.
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Keywords: | Reactive Proactive Aggression Parent Teacher |
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