TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Aggression and intentionality in narrative responses to conflict and distress story stems: an investigation of boys with disruptive behaviour problems
JO  - Attachment and human development
A1  - Hill, J.
A1  - Fonagy, Peter
A1  - Lancaster, Gillian
A1  - Broyden, Nichaela
SP  - 223
EP  - 237
VL  - 9
IS  - 3
N2  - In this study we examined whether antisocial boys show evidence of a reduced interpersonal interpretation of events (intentionality) specifically in story stem responses to social challenges that provoke fear and distress responses. Two conflict and two distress stems were administered to 5 - 8 year old boys, 41 referred for disruptive behaviour problems and 25 non-referred boys. Raters blind to group membership scored dysregulated aggression and intentionality from transcripts of story responses. Referred boys had elevated aggression and lower intentionality scores across all stems compared to non-referred. However, there was a story type by group interaction; referred boys had substantially lowered intentionality in response to the distress stems, but not the conflict stems. Avoidant strategies that reduce threat related anxiety or fear also contribute to disruptive behaviour problems.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 1461-6734
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616730701453861
ID  - ref1
ER  -