The current study examined whether individual differences in reactive and proactive
aggression: 1) relate to level of daily emotion, including happiness, sadness, anger, and …

Difficulty recognizing negative emotions is linked to aggression in children. However, it
remains unclear how certain types of emotion recognition (insensitivities vs. biases) are …

This study examined proactive and reactive aggression and their relation to psychosocial
adjustment in three samples (N= 767, 368 girls, M age= 10.03) of Chinese school age …

Research on proactive and reactive aggression has identified covariates unique to each
function of aggression, but hypothesized correlates have often not been tested with …

With a diary study of 4-and 8-year-olds, we tested the association between daily deviations
in anger and aggressive behavior, and whether this link was moderated by feelings of guilt …

This study tested the theoretical assertion that anger and sympathy would be differentially
associated with “hot-blooded” reactive and “cold-blooded” proactive aggression in an …

We studied the course of aggressive behavior in an epidemiologically defined sample of first
graders with and without comorbid anxious symptoms. Our primary purpose in doing so was …

This study examined whether overt and relational forms of reactive aggression were
differentially related to adolescents' temperament. Measures of adolescents' temperament …

Background Aggression comprises a heterogeneous set of behavioral patterns that aim to
harm and hurt others. Empathy represents a potential mechanism that inhibits aggressive …

Reactive aggression (RA) is an angry response to perceived provocation. Proactive
aggression (PA) is a pre-meditated act used to achieve some goal. This study test …