Bidirectional pathways between relational aggression and temperament from late childhood to adolescence

Olivia E. Atherton; Jennifer L. Tackett; Emilio Ferrer; Richard W. Robins

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2016.04.005

Bidirectional pathways between relational aggression and temperament from late childhood to adolescence

Olivia E. Atherton^*, Jennifer L. Tackett, Emilio Ferrer, Richard W. Robins

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Abstract

Relational aggression is linked to numerous adverse consequences. However, we know little about how temperament leads individuals to become perpetrators/victims of relational aggression, or how being a perpetrator/victim influences the development of temperament. We used longitudinal data from 674 Mexican-origin youth to examine relations between relational aggression and mother- and child-reported temperament from 5th grade (M_age = 10.8; SD = 0.60) through 11th grade (M_age = 16.8; SD = 0.50). Results show that(a) high Negative Emotionality and low Effortful Control predicted increases in victimization; (b) low Effortful Control predicted increases in perpetration; (c) victims increased in Negative Emotionality and decreased in Effortful Control; and (d) perpetrators increased in Negative Emotionality and Surgency. Thus, temperament serves as both an antecedent to and a consequence of relational aggression.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	75-84
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Research in Personality
Volume	67
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2016.04.005
State	Published - Apr 1 2017

Funding

This research was supported by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (DA017902) to Richard W. Robins and Rand D. Conger. We thank the participating families, staff, and research assistants who took part in this study.

Keywords

Adolescence
Childhood
Longitudinal
Personality
Relational aggression
Temperament

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Social Psychology
General Psychology

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