Aggression and self-esteem: a diary study of children's reactivity to negative interpersonal events |
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Authors: | Esposito Alison J Kobak Roger Little Michelle |
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Institution: | Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark 19716, USA. |
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Abstract: | The study employs a daily diary design to assess self-esteem reactivity and its association with children's aggressive behavior. We test the hypothesis that the self-esteem of aggressive children will be more reactive to negative interpersonal events than the self-esteem of nonaggressive children. Results provide partial support for the aggression/reactivity hypothesis. Aggressive children's self-esteem was more reactive to negative peer events but less reactive to negative adult events than the self-esteem of less aggressive children. These findings are discussed in relation to the experimental literature relating self-esteem instability and ego-threat to aggression and in relation to the extensive body of research on childhood aggression. Intervention implications are also considered. |
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