Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spain).
Span J Psychol. 2013;16:E37. doi: 10.1017/sjp.2013.28.
This study's objective is to analyze temperament and parenting variables as they relate to proactive and reactive aggression in children. To be specific, profiles based on these variables were analyzed in children with high levels of proactive versus reactive aggression. The sample was made up of two groups: 482 children (52.3% boys) between 1 and 3 years-old, and 422 children (42.42% boys) 3 to 6 years-old. Statistical analyses of the two age groups included: Pearson's correlations to explore the relationships among variables, Cluster Analysis to create groups with different levels of aggression, and finally discriminant analysis to determine which variables discriminate between groups. The results show that high levels of frustration/negative affect in the 1-3 year-old group and low effortful control in children 3 to 6 years old are the most relevant variables in differentiating between aggressive and non-aggressive subjects. Nevertheless, differential profiles of subjects with high levels of proactive versus reactive aggression were not observed. The implications of these different types of aggression in terms of development and prevention are discussed.
本研究旨在分析气质和教养变量与儿童积极和消极攻击之间的关系。具体来说，根据这些变量对具有高积极攻击和高消极攻击的儿童进行了分析。样本由两组组成：482 名 1 至 3 岁的儿童（52.3%为男孩）和 422 名 3 至 6 岁的儿童（42.42%为男孩）。对这两个年龄组进行了统计分析，包括：皮尔逊相关分析以探索变量之间的关系、聚类分析以创建具有不同攻击水平的组，最后是判别分析以确定哪些变量可以区分组。结果表明，1-3 岁组中挫折/负性情绪高和 3-6 岁儿童努力控制能力低是区分攻击和非攻击儿童的最相关变量。然而，没有观察到具有高积极攻击和高消极攻击的儿童的不同特征。讨论了这些不同类型的攻击在发展和预防方面的意义。
