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Patterns of change in early childhood aggressive-disruptive behavior: gender differences in predictions from early coercive and affectionate mother-child interactions.

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McFadyen-Ketchum, SA; Bates, JE; Dodge, KA; Pettit, GS
Published in: Child development
October 1996

The present study focused on mother-child interaction predictors of initial levels and change in child aggressive and disruptive behavior at school from kindergarten to third grade. Aggression-disruption was measured via annual reports from teachers and peers. Ordinary least-squares regression was used to identify 8 separate child aggression trajectories, 4 for each gender: high initial levels with increases in aggression, high initial levels with decrease in aggression, low initial levels with increases in aggression, and low initial levels with decreases in aggression. Mother-child interaction measures of coercion and nonaffection collected prior to kindergarten were predictive of initial levels of aggression-disruption in kindergarten in both boys and girls. However, boys and girls differed in how coercion and nonaffection predicted change in aggression-disruption across elementary school years. For boys, high coercion and nonaffection were particularly associated with the high-increasing-aggression trajectory, but for girls, high levels of coercion and nonaffection were associated with the high-decreasing-aggression trajectory. This difference is discussed in the context of Patterson et al.'s coercion training theory, and the need for gender-specific theories of aggressive development is noted.

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Published In

Child development

DOI

EISSN

1467-8624

ISSN

0009-3920

Publication Date

October 1996

Volume

67

Issue

5

Start / End Page

2417 / 2433

Related Subject Headings

  • Socialization
  • Personality Development
  • Parenting
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Gender Identity
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Female
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
 

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McFadyen-Ketchum, S. A., Bates, J. E., Dodge, K. A., & Pettit, G. S. (1996). Patterns of change in early childhood aggressive-disruptive behavior: gender differences in predictions from early coercive and affectionate mother-child interactions. Child Development, 67(5), 2417–2433. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01865.x
McFadyen-Ketchum, S. A., J. E. Bates, K. A. Dodge, and G. S. Pettit. “Patterns of change in early childhood aggressive-disruptive behavior: gender differences in predictions from early coercive and affectionate mother-child interactions.Child Development 67, no. 5 (October 1996): 2417–33. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01865.x.
McFadyen-Ketchum, S. A., et al. “Patterns of change in early childhood aggressive-disruptive behavior: gender differences in predictions from early coercive and affectionate mother-child interactions.Child Development, vol. 67, no. 5, Oct. 1996, pp. 2417–33. Epmc, doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01865.x.
Journal cover image

Published In

Child development

DOI

EISSN

1467-8624

ISSN

0009-3920

Publication Date

October 1996

Volume

67

Issue

5

Start / End Page

2417 / 2433

Related Subject Headings

  • Socialization
  • Personality Development
  • Parenting
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Gender Identity
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Female
  • Developmental & Child Psychology