Physiological reactivity and different forms of aggression in girls: Moderating roles of rejection sensitivity and peer rejection

Sijtsema, Jelle J.; Shoulberg, Erin K.; Murray‐Close, Dianna

doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.11.007

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“…Although these findings were unexpected, they are consistent with an emerging line of theory and research suggesting that some aggressive individuals may engage in aggression in the absence of emotional arousal, particularly when the function of aggression is instrumental in nature (e.g., to gain a desired resource; Frick and Morris 2004). These findings are also consistent with a recent psychophysiological study indicating that low levels of autonomic reactivity to relational provocation (which some researchers have argued reflect a physiological assessment of anger; see Hubbard et al 2002) are associated with relational aggression among girls (Sijtsema et al 2011). It is possible that these victimized girls with low levels of emotional sensitivity may be particularly likely to engage in proactive, rather than reactive functions, of aggressive conduct (see Step Hubbard et al 2002).…”

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confidence: 80%

Hostile Intent Attributions and Relational Aggression: The Moderating Roles of Emotional Sensitivity, Gender, and Victimization

Mathieson

Murray‐Close

Crick

et al. 2011

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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The current study adopts a relational vulnerability model to examine the association between hostile attribution bias and relational aggression. Specifically, the relational vulnerability model implicates the interactive effects of a number of relational risk factors in the development of relational aggression. A sample of 635 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students (50.2% females) completed a self-report measure assessing hostile attribution bias and emotional distress for relational provocations. Peer nominations and teacher reports of relational aggression and relational victimization were also collected. Results supported the relational vulnerability model for girls only. Specifically, hostile attribution bias was associated with relational aggression only when relational victimization and emotional distress were also high. Implications for future research and clinical practice are discussed.

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Hostile Intent Attributions and Relational Aggression: The Moderating Roles of Emotional Sensitivity, Gender, and Victimization

Mathieson

Murray‐Close

Crick

et al. 2011

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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“…Thus, despite similar mean RSA levels during the pre-task and peer-evaluative periods, considerable variability was observed in preadolescents' RSAR responses to the lab protocol. RSAR and SCLR were not correlated which is consistent with other studies (e.g., Sijtsema et al 2011). Two values were considered possible outliers for RSAR based on their deviation from the mean (+/− 3 SDs).…”

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confidence: 86%

Linking Social Anxiety with Social Competence in Early Adolescence: Physiological and Coping Moderators

Kaeppler

Erath

2016

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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Despite relatively universal feelings of discomfort in social situations, there is considerable evidence for diversity in the social behaviors and peer experiences of socially anxious youth. However, to date, very little research has been conducted with the aim of identifying factors that differentiate socially anxious youth who are more socially competent from those who are less socially competent. The present study addresses this gap in the literature by examining whether physiological and cognitive coping responses to social stress moderate the association between social anxiety and social competence. Participants were a community sample of 123 fifth and sixth graders (Mage = 12.03). Social anxiety was measured globally and in the context of a lab-based peer evaluation situation, and social competence was assessed via teacher-reports. Physiological (i.e., skin conductance level reactivity, SCLR, and respiratory sinus arrhythmia reactivity, RSAR) and coping (i.e., disengaged) responses to social stressors were also assessed. Results indicated that SCLR and disengaged coping with peer victimization moderated associations linking global and context-specific social anxiety with social competence, such that social anxiety was associated with lower social competence at lower levels of SCLR and higher levels of disengaged coping with peer victimization. Thus, whether socially anxious preadolescents exhibit more or less competent social behavior may depend, in part, on how they respond to peer-evaluative stress. Inflexible physiological responses and disengaged coping responses may undermine social competence, whereas engaged responses may counteract socially anxious preadolescents' tendency to withdraw from social interactions or focus primarily on threat cues.

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“…In turn, empirical studies associating both PNS and SNS reactivity to antisocial behavior showed thatreactivity of both branches of the ANS has been cross-sectionallyassociated with more antisocial behavior (i.e., aggression and externalizing behaviors) in children and adolescents (Beauchaine, Gatzke-Kopp, & Mead, 2007;Boyce et al, 2001;Calkins, Graziano, & Keane, 2007;Sijtsema, Shoulberg, & Murray-Close, 2011).…”

Section: Perinatal Adversities and Antisocial Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

Early life adversities and adolescent antisocial behavior: The role of cardiac autonomic nervous system reactivity in the TRAILS study

Sijtsema

Roon

Groot

et al. 2015

Biological Psychology

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Physiological reactivity and different forms of aggression in girls: Moderating roles of rejection sensitivity and peer rejection

Cited by 101 publications

References 55 publications

Hostile Intent Attributions and Relational Aggression: The Moderating Roles of Emotional Sensitivity, Gender, and Victimization

Hostile Intent Attributions and Relational Aggression: The Moderating Roles of Emotional Sensitivity, Gender, and Victimization

Linking Social Anxiety with Social Competence in Early Adolescence: Physiological and Coping Moderators

Early life adversities and adolescent antisocial behavior: The role of cardiac autonomic nervous system reactivity in the TRAILS study

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