Approach/Positive Anticipation, Frustration/Anger, and Overt Aggression in Childhood

Deater‐Deckard, Kirby; Beekman, Charles; Wang, Zhongyan; Kim, Jaeyeun; Petrill, Stephen A.; Thompson, Laetitia L.; DeThorne, Laura S.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00640.x

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“…Similarly, two of the twelve Lab-TAB tasks differed between the two studies. The current finding that anger loaded with impulsivity, activity, low compliance, and low EC rather than with other NA facets is consistent with conceptualizations of anger as an approach-related trait (Carver & Harmon-Jones, 2009;Deater-Deckard, Beekman, Wang, Kim, Petrill, Thompson et al, 2010;Depue & Collins, 1999;.…”

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Nature and Structure of Temperament in Early and Middle Childhood: A Multi-Method Approach

Kotelnikova¹,

Olino²,

Klein³

et al. 2016

Personality and Individual Differences

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Structural work on the nature of child temperament has lagged far behind parallel research with adults. Further, the structure of extant parent-report questionnaires has been examined only at the higher-order level, using small samples of children. This dissertation addresses this important gap in three studies, examining the lower-and higher-order structure of two widely used parent-reports of child temperament (Studies 1 and 2) and an observational battery of temperament (Study 3). The first study examined the lower-and higher-order structure Fewer than half of the lower-order structures resembled original CBQ and TMCQ scales.Higher-order EFAs indicated that a four-factor structure consisting of Sensation Seeking, Disinhibition/Anger, Low Negative Affect (NA)/Soothability, and Smiling/Approach was the best fit for preschoolers, and that a three-factor structure consisting of Impulsivity/Anger, NA, and Social Dominance best fit the TMCQ data. The higher-order models obtained were only modestly similar to the models proposed by their developers. In the third study, we extended the scarce extant literature on the structure of observed temperament. Using exploratory structural equation modeling, we derived a four-factor model (Positive Affect/Activity, Impulsivity/Anger, Surgency, and Dysphoria) of preschool-aged temperament. These factors showed meaningful concurrent associations with children's internalizing and externalizing symptoms, providing further support for the use of observational measures. Findings from these studies contribute to the development of a unified taxonomy of child temperament/personality.

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Nature and Structure of Temperament in Early and Middle Childhood: A Multi-Method Approach

Kotelnikova¹,

Olino²,

Klein³

et al. 2016

Personality and Individual Differences

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“…Empirically, negative emotions have been in general positively associated with both aggressive behaviors [e.g., Arsenion et al, 2000; Cornell et al, 1999; Deater-Deckard et al, 2010; Eisenberg et al, 2009] and hostile attributions of intent [see Lemerise and Maulden, 2010 for a review]. However, previous studies have usually not taken an integrative perspective of HAB and negative emotional responding by examining the effects of these two processes on aggression simultaneously.…”

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confidence: 99%

Hostile Attributional Bias, Negative Emotional Responding, and Aggression in Adults: Moderating Effects of Gender and Impulsivity

Chen

Coccaro

Jacobson

2012

Aggressive Behavior

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The current study examined the main effects of hostile attributional bias (HAB) and negative emotional responding on a variety of aggressive behaviors in adults, including general aggression, physical aggression, relational aggression, and verbal aggression. Effects of both externalizing (anger) and internalizing (embarrassment/upset) negative emotions were considered. In addition, the moderating roles of gender and impulsivity on the effects of HAB and negative emotional responding were explored. Multilevel models were fitted to data from 2,749 adult twins aged 20–55 from the PennTwins cohort. HAB was positively associated with all four forms of aggression. There was also a significant interaction between impulsivity and HAB for general aggression. Specifically, the relationship between HAB and general aggression was only significant for individuals with average or above-average levels of impulsivity. Negative emotional responding was also found to predict all measures of aggression, although in different ways. Anger was positively associated with all forms of aggression, whereas embarrassment/upset predicted decreased levels of general, physical, and verbal aggression but increased levels of relational aggression. The associations between negative emotional responding and aggression were generally stronger for males than females. The current study provides evidence for the utility of HAB and negative emotional responding as predictors of adult aggression and further suggests that gender and impulsivity may moderate their links with aggression.

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“…Another aspect concerns the relationship between alcoholism-related personality traits and susceptibility to frustration, since both depressives [21] and aggressives [22,23] are known to be sensitive to frustration. However, it can be expected that aggressive and impulsive persons who drink for enhancement of positive feelings and for enjoying the rewarding properties of alcohol will be more frustrated when deprived from rewards, while depressive and anxious persons expected to drink for relief from worries and for avoiding negative feelings will be more sensitive to aversive events experienced as punishment [24,25,26].…”

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Relapse (Number of Detoxifications) in Abstinent Male Alcohol-Dependent Patients as Related to Personality Traits and Types of Tolerance to Frustration

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Background: Personality traits like depression on the one hand and aggression and impulsivity on the other are assumed to be predisposing factors for different types of alcohol dependence. Both types are associated with sensitivity to frustration, but this may be different for the two types of personality according to whether they are confronted with frustrations caused by withdrawal from positive or infliction of negative events. It has not been shown so far if both types of personality factors and the two different sources of frustration are differently relevant for the propensity of relapse. This was investigated here in a study on 60 abstinent male alcohol-dependent patients. Methods: Correlations between the number of previous detoxifications reflecting liability to relapse and questionnaire scores on personality factors and on reactions to frustration were computed. Results: Bonferroni-corrected correlations yielded significant relationships between the number of detoxifications and the personality factor of aggression as well as pronounced depressive reactions to frustrating conditions of non-reward caused by humans. Controlling for impulsivity, aggression and depression revealed that depressive reactions to frustration are genuine predictors for probability of relapse independent of underlying personality factors. Persons particularly sensitive to frustrations from human denial of positive reinforcers are liable to relapse which fits the theory of sensitivity to reward in drug-addicted individuals. Conclusion: Results demonstrate that relapse is clearly more related to aggression than to impulsivity, depression and anxiety and may be facilitated if persons are sensitive to frustrating conditions of non-reward caused by social partners.

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Approach/Positive Anticipation, Frustration/Anger, and Overt Aggression in Childhood

Cited by 39 publications

References 19 publications

Nature and Structure of Temperament in Early and Middle Childhood: A Multi-Method Approach

Nature and Structure of Temperament in Early and Middle Childhood: A Multi-Method Approach

Hostile Attributional Bias, Negative Emotional Responding, and Aggression in Adults: Moderating Effects of Gender and Impulsivity

Relapse (Number of Detoxifications) in Abstinent Male Alcohol-Dependent Patients as Related to Personality Traits and Types of Tolerance to Frustration

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