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

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

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2016.04.005

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“…Most of the participants consider that older children practice more bullying. This belief also corroborates studies on aggressive behavior in childhood and adolescence, which indicate that the incidence of physical attacks tends to decrease with age, giving rise to a higher incidence of verbal aggression or aggression that impairs the victims' social relationship (Atherton Tackett, Ferrer, & Robins, 2017;Terroso et al, 2016). These aggressions are more prevalent and detrimental as age advances, given the growing importance of social approval and reputation (Atherton et al, 2017;Weyns et al, 2017).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

Brazilian caregivers’ conception on child bullying

Akerman

Borsa

Landim

et al. 2018

Psicol. Refl. Crít.

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Background: Bullying is a complex social phenomenon, which is common in peer relationships and is influenced by different individual and contextual characteristics. Despite broad knowledge on the importance of the family for children's development, many studies about bullying neglect the family's active role. In that sense, investigating caregivers' conception about bullying can be an important strategy to promote effective interventions. The objective in this study was to analyze the caregivers' conception on the phenomenon of bullying, specifically regarding its occurrence, motivations, and risks for the children's development, and verify if this conception is consistent with the findings of the international literature. The study participants were 401 caregivers (77.1% were mothers) of children in elementary education at Brazilian schools. An online questionnaire was used with closed questions and an open question on what the caregivers considered bullying. The data were analyzed based on descriptive statistics and quantitative textual analysis. Results: Caregivers have good knowledge on signs and forms of coping with bullying. On the other hand, they tend not to recognize their children as potential aggressors and do not mention the family's role as a risk factor for the occurrence of this type of problem. Conclusions: The results allowed us to understand what Brazilian caregivers think about bullying and how they act or would act towards situations of bullying and reveals a relevant gap on this comprehension.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

Brazilian caregivers’ conception on child bullying

Akerman

Borsa

Landim

et al. 2018

Psicol. Refl. Crít.

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“…For all of the antecedent measures, when there was multi-wave assessments completed, we utilized the data available at the same ages as when effortful control was assessed (age 10, 12, 14, 16, 19). 1 Seven papers from the California Families Project have examined effortful control (Atherton, Conger, Ferrer, & Robins, 2016;Atherton, Lawson, et al, in press;Atherton, Tackett, Ferrer, & Robins, 2017;Atherton, Zheng, et al, in press;Clark, Donnellan, Conger, & Robins, 2015;Robins, Donnellan, Widaman, & Conger, 2010;Taylor, Widaman, & Robins, in press). None examined the relation between any of the antecedent factors used in the present study and effortful control, with one exception.…”

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confidence: 99%

The development of effortful control from late childhood to young adulthood.

Atherton

Lawson

Robins

2020

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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The present study investigated the developmental precursors of effortful control, a temperament trait that involves the propensity to regulate one's impulses and behaviors, to motivate the self towards a goal when there are conflicting desires, and to focus and shift attention easily. Data came from the California Families Project, a multi-method longitudinal study of 674 Mexican-origin youth (and their parents), who were assessed at ages 10, 12, 14, 16, and 19. Effortful control (measured via self-and parent-reports) was moderately stable over time (r=.47 from age 10 to 19), and its developmental trajectory followed a u-shaped pattern (decreasing from age 10 to 14, before increasing from age 14 to 19). Findings from latent growth curve models showed that youth who experience more hostility from their parents, associate more with deviant peers, attend more violent schools, live in more violent neighborhoods, and experience more ethnic discrimination tend to exhibit an exacerbated dip in effortful control. In contrast, youth with parents who closely monitor their behavior and whereabouts exhibited a shallower dip in effortful control. Analyses of the facets of effortful control revealed important disparities in their trajectories; specifically inhibitory control showed linear increases, attention control showed linear decreases, and activation control showed the same u-shaped trajectory as overall effortful control. Moreover, most of the precursors of effortful control replicated for inhibitory control and attention control, but not for activation control. We discuss the broader implications of the findings for adolescent personality development and self-regulation.Word count: 243/250

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“…Although regulatory traits are most often conceptualized as biologically based (Rothbart, Ahadi, & Evans, 2000), it is increasingly evident that these characteristics continue to develop during early adolescence (Atherton, Tackett, Ferrer, & Robins, 2017;Lengua, 2006;Shiner, Allen, & Masten, 2016) and can be modified by environmental factors (King, Lengua, & Monahan, 2013;Laceulle, Nederhof, Karreman, Ormel, & van Aken, 2012;Lengua, 2012). Poverty and economic stress are expected to negatively affect the development of children's regulation (Lengua, 2012).…”

Section: Effortful Control and Coping In Adolescencementioning

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Longitudinal Relations of Economic Hardship and Effortful Control to Active Coping in Latino Youth

Taylor

Widaman

Robins

2017

J of Research on Adolesc

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How Latino youth cope with stressors may have implications for their adjustment. We examined how a temperamental characteristic (effortful control) and a contextual factor (economic hardship) were associated with Latino youth's coping. Individual differences in effortful control, a core facet of self-regulation, may contribute to coping as effortful control is consistently linked to adaptive behaviors during adolescence. We examined relations of effortful control and economic hardship to active coping in a sample of Mexican-origin youth (N = 674) across three time points (fifth to ninth grades). Although economic hardship negatively predicted coping and effortful control, effortful control positively predicted coping (controlling for prior levels). Findings support a resilience perspective by suggesting that effortful control may contribute to coping and thus counteract the negative effects of economic hardship.

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

Cited by 70 publications

References 82 publications

Brazilian caregivers’ conception on child bullying

Brazilian caregivers’ conception on child bullying

The development of effortful control from late childhood to young adulthood.

Longitudinal Relations of Economic Hardship and Effortful Control to Active Coping in Latino Youth

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