Network analysis of trait aggression among community youths and juvenile offenders.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The mainstream view in trait aggression research has regarded the structure as representing the latent cause of the cognitions, emotions, and behaviors that supposedly reflect its nature. Under network perspective, trait aggression is not a latent cause of its features but a dynamic system of interacting elements. The current study uses network theory to explain the structure of relationships between trait aggression features in juvenile offenders and their peers.

Methods

Network analysis was applied to investigate the dynamic system of trait aggression operationalized by the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire in a sample of community youths (Mage = 17.46, N = 715) and juvenile offenders (Mage = 18.36, N = 834).

Results

The facet level networks showed that

SUBMITTER: Chen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11238466 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature