The Utility of Forms and Functions of Aggression in Emerging Adulthood: Association with Personality Disorder Symptomatology

Autor/inn/en	Ostrov, Jamie M.; Houston, Rebecca J.
Titel	The Utility of Forms and Functions of Aggression in Emerging Adulthood: Association with Personality Disorder Symptomatology
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37 (2008) 9, S.1147-1158 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-008-9289-4
Schlagwörter	Personality Problems; Aggression; Validity; Pathology; Psychometrics; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Young Adults; Antisocial Behavior; Correlation; Test Reliability; Test Validity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gültigkeit; Pathologie; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Korrelation; Testreliabilität; Testvalidität
Abstract	A sample of 679 (341 women) emerging adults (M = 18.90 years; SD = 1.11; range = 18.00-22.92) participated in a study on the utility of forms (i.e., physical and relational) and functions (i.e., proactive and reactive) of aggression. We examined the link between these four subtypes of aggression and personality pathology (i.e., psychopathic features, borderline personality disorder features, and antisocial personality disorder features). The study supports the psychometric properties (i.e., test-retest reliability, internal consistency, discriminant validity) of a recently introduced measure of forms and functions of aggression during emerging adulthood. Aggression subtypes were uniquely associated with indices of personality pathology. For example, proactive (i.e., planned, instrumental or goal-oriented) and reactive (i.e., impulsive, hostile or retaliatory) functions of relational aggression were uniquely associated with borderline personality disorder features even after controlling for functions of physical aggression and gender. The results highlight the differential associations between forms and functions of aggression and indices of personality pathology in typically developing emerging adults. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10