Cognitive and Temperament Clusters in 3‐ to 5‐Year‐Old Children With Aggressive Behavior

Abstract

The widespread presence of sleep, health, cognitive, temperament, and developmental problems in this sample supports the involvement of medical and developmental health experts in teams evaluating young children who present with high levels of aggressive behavior. The diverse nature of cognitive-temperament profiles in this sample also suggests a need to assess cognitive ability and temperament in young, aggressive children to provide individualized interventions.

Cluster Analysis of Women's Prodromal and Acute Myocardial Infarction Symptoms by Race and Other Characteristics

“…Researchers in other specialties suggest that clusters of symptoms, as opposed to individual symptoms, are more clinically important 10–13. Leaders in symptom management research14–16 conceptualize symptom clusters as multiple symptoms that are related to each other and are experienced concurrently.…”

Do it Right: Appropriate Ways for Teachers to Treat and React to Aggressive Children in Jordanian Kindergartens

“…Second, they found three groups of aggressive children according to their temperament and cognitive ability, which were labeled as "difficult temperament-borderline cognitive," "difficult temperament-average cognitive," and "midrange temperament-average cognitive." These results suggest that children who are born with difficult temperaments have a tendency to be aggressive, regardless of cognitive ability (Sakimura et al, 2008).…”

“…A study by Sakimura et al (2008) examined the problem of aggressive behavior in three to five year old children and their cognitive abilities and temperament. They further examined if the children's aggressive behavior could be connected with their temperament and cognitive ability.…”

“…Preschool is a sensitive period for learning how to reduce aggression. Since treatment of aggression becomes increasingly difficult as children grow older, it seems potentially more effective to focus treatment and prevention efforts during early and preschool years (Doumen, Verschueren, & Buyse, 2009;Sakimura, Dang, Ballard, & Hansen, 2008). Childhood aggression has been studied extensively and in varied ways.…”

“…Much current research is focused on aggression at home, schools, and adolescent violence (Al Saleh, 2012;Al-Sarayreh, 2009;Shechtman & Ifargan, 2009). A number of previous studies have also examined causes of aggression in preschool (Daly & Perez, 2009;Doumen, Verschueren, Buyse, & Germeijs, 2009;Posada & Pratt, 2008;Sakimura et al, 2008;Thornberg, 2006). For example, Sakimura et al (2008) investigated the co-occurrence of cognitive problems and difficult temperament characteristics in children with aggressive behavior.…”