“…Aggression in childhood, being a key characteristic of externalizing behaviour problems, is linked to severe psychosocial maladjustment across several domains including peer relations and academic functioning (Tremblay et al, 1992). Moreover, childhood aggression is predictive of later occupational instability, unemployment, marital problems (Caspi, 1987;Farrington, 1989;Loeber & Dishion, 1983;Patterson, Reid, & Dishion, 1992;Reef, Diamantopoulou, van Meurs, Verhulst, & van der Ende, 2010), depression, risky sexual behaviour, and substance abuse (Bongers, Koot, van der Ende, & Verhulst, 2008;Robins & Price, 1991;Timmermans, van Lier, & Koot, 2008;Tremblay, Pihl, Vitaro, & Dobkin, 1994).…”