Aggression and Irritability in Middle Childhood: Between- and Within-Person Associations.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study tested predicted bidirectional associations between irritability and physical and relational forms of aggression, disentangling theorized within- and between-person effects using latent curve models with structured residuals (LCM-SR) over one year in middle childhood. Gender differences and robustness of results when controlling for other externalizing problems (i.e., attention problems, delinquency) were also considered.

Method

Children in third, fourth, and fifth grade (N = 704, 49.9% female) were recruited from schools in a large midwestern city. The sample was diverse in regard to race/ethnicity (31% Black, 29% White, 13% Hmong, 14% Latinx, 4% Native American, 4% Asian, 5% other races/ethnicities). Irritability, attention problems, and delinqu

SUBMITTER: Perhamus GR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11043001 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature