TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Approach/Positive anticipation, frustration/anger, and overt aggression in childhood
JO  - Journal of personality
A1  - Deater-Deckard, Kirby
A1  - Beekman, Charles
A1  - Wang, Zhongyan
A1  - Kim, Jaeyeun
A1  - Petrill, Stephen
A1  - Thompson, Laetitia
A1  - Dethorne, Laura
SP  - 991
EP  - 1010
VL  - 78
IS  - 3
N2  - We examined mothers' ratings of children's affective and behavioral aspects of approach tendencies and links with overt aggressive behavior problems while considering the genetic etiology of these processes. Approach/positive anticipation (AP), frustration/anger (FA), and overt aggression in 4-9-year-olds were assessed using mothers' reports in a diverse national sample (n=992) and a sample of same-sex twins (n=195 pairs). AP and FA were positively correlated with each other and with overt aggression (r from .2 to .5), and these associations were very similar for boys and girls. AP and FA provided overlapping as well as independent statistical prediction of aggression. AP statistical prediction of aggression was substantially mediated by FA, an effect that was accounted for by underlying genetic and nonshared environmental influences.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3506
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00640.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -