Aggressive behavior in childhood has long been separated into that which is proactively
motivated and that which is reactive. We report a meta-analytic review of the existing …

This paper reviews and critiques the growing literature on the distinction between reactive
and proactive aggression in children and adolescents. Empirical findings suggest that the …

Background: Reactive and proactive subtypes of aggressive 10–11–12‐year‐old children
were compared with non‐aggressive children to examine whether the two forms of …

This study was designed to examine whether proactive and reactive aggression are
meaningful distinctions at the variable-and person-based level, and to determine their …

This meta‐analytic review of 148 studies on child and adolescent direct and indirect
aggression examined the magnitude of gender differences, intercorrelations between forms …

This study reports the development of the Reactive–Proactive Aggression Questionnaire
(RPQ), and the differential correlates of these two forms of aggression. Antisocial …

The emergence of a research literature exploring parallels between physical and
nonphysical (ie, social, relational, indirect) forms of aggression has raised many questions …

Evidence supports the distinctions between forms (relational vs. physical) and functions
(proactive vs. reactive) of aggression; however, little research has investigated these two …

This study investigated both relational and physical aggression in preschool children,
explored potential differences in informant reporting and child sex on these subtypes, and …

This study examined the developmental trajectories of proactive and reactive aggression
from 5th to 9th grade in a sample of 126 children (66% male) screened to be in the top 31 …