Citation

Sarkisian K, van Hulle C, Lemery-Chalfant K, Goldsmith HH. J. Res. Pers. 2017; 67: 144-150.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jrp.2016.07.011

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Impulsivity is commonly conflated with novelty seeking, but these traits are conceptually independent and hold different predictive implications. Using a multi-informant, longitudinal design, we examined childhood inhibitory control, as well as adolescent impulsivity and novelty seeking, as predictors of aggression in a sample of 976 twins. Lower childhood inhibitory control and higher adolescent impulsivity predicted both overt and relational aggression in regression analyses that accounted for sex, puberty status, age, and socioeconomic status. As predicted, novelty seeking did not predict aggression, a finding that supports its independence from impulsivity.

Language: en

Keywords

Childhood; Adolescence; Children; Adolescents; Schools; Aggression; Relational aggression; Novelty seeking; Impulsivity; Inhibitory control