TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Reactive/proactive aggression and affective/cognitive empathy in children with ASD
JO  - Research in developmental disabilities
A1  - Pouw, Lucinda B. C.
A1  - Rieffe, Carolien
A1  - Oosterveld, Paul
A1  - Huskens, Bibi
A1  - Stockmann, Lex
SP  - 1256
EP  - 1266
VL  - 34
IS  - 4
N2  - The main aim of this study was to examine the extent to which affective and cognitive empathy were associated with reactive and proactive aggression, and whether these associations differed between children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and typically developing (TD) children. The study included 133 children (67 ASD, 66 TD, Mage=139 months), who filled out self-report questionnaires. The main findings showed that the association between reactive aggression and affective empathy was negative in TD children, but positive in children with ASD. The outcomes support the idea that a combination of poor emotion regulation and impaired understanding of others' emotions is associated with aggressive behavior in children with ASD.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0891-4222
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2012.12.022
ID  - ref1
ER  -