Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260-4110, USA.
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2010 May;38(4):447-58. doi: 10.1007/s10802-010-9391-4.
The present study used both categorical and dimensional approaches to test the association between relational and physical aggression and hostile intent attributions for both relational and instrumental provocation situations using the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development longitudinal Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (M = 8.3 years-old, SD = 0.19, N = 840). A one standard deviation threshold was used to create categorical aggression status groups. In categorical analyses, children who were both relationally and physically aggressive were found to attribute more hostile intent attributions in relationally provocative situations. Results from the dimensional analyses indicated that female gender, physical aggression, and hostile attribution biases for instrumental provocations each predicted increases in relational aggression over time. Further, relational aggression was not predictive of hostile attribution biases for relational provocations, and instead physical aggression was predictive. Implications for the fields of developmental psychology and psychopathology are discussed.
本研究采用分类和维度两种方法，使用国家儿童健康与人类发展研究所（National Institute of Child Health and Human Development）的早期儿童保育与青年发展纵向研究（National Institute of Child Health and Human Development longitudinal Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development）的数据（M=8.3 岁，SD=0.19，N=840），测试了关系攻击和身体攻击与对关系挑衅和工具性挑衅情况的敌意意图归因之间的关系。采用一个标准差的阈值来创建分类攻击状态组。在分类分析中，发现既进行关系攻击又进行身体攻击的儿童在关系挑衅性情境中更倾向于做出敌意意图归因。维度分析的结果表明，女性性别、身体攻击和对工具性挑衅的敌意归因偏差都预测了随着时间的推移关系攻击的增加。此外，关系攻击不能预测对关系挑衅的敌意归因偏差，而是身体攻击可以预测。讨论了对发展心理学和精神病理学领域的影响。
