"Accept Me, or Else...": Disputed Overestimation of Social Competence Predicts Increases in Proactive Aggression

Autor/inn/en	de Castro, Bram Orobio; Brendgen, Mara; Van Boxtel, Herman; Vitaro, Frank; Schaepers, Linda
Titel	"Accept Me, or Else...": Disputed Overestimation of Social Competence Predicts Increases in Proactive Aggression
Quelle	In: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35 (2007) 2, S.165-178 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0091-0627
DOI	10.1007/s10802-006-9063-6
Schlagwörter	Interpersonal Competence; Behavior Patterns; Rejection (Psychology); Aggression; Predictor Variables; Antisocial Behavior; Self Concept; Longitudinal Studies; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5; Grade 6; Elementary School Students; Peer Acceptance; Peer Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonale Kompetenz; Ablehnung; Prädiktor; Selbstkonzept; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Peer-Beziehungen
Abstract	It has been proposed that aggressive behavior may result from unrealistically positive self-evaluations that are disputed by others (Baumeister, Smart, & Boden, 1996). The present three studies tested this proposition concurrently and longitudinally for the domain of self-perceived social competence (SPSC) in 3-6th grade children on two continents. Each study tested whether aggressive behavior is related to "general overestimation" of SPSC compared to competence as perceived by peers, or to "disputed overestimation", that is, overestimation disputed through rejection by peers. Specificity of relations with reactively or proactively aggressive behavior patterns was assessed and the predictive value of overestimation to the development of these types of aggressive behavior was investigated. Concurrently, disputed overestimation explained more variance in aggressive behavior than general overestimation, and was uniquely related to proactive aggression. Longitudinally, disputed overestimation also uniquely predicted changes in proactive, not reactive aggression. (Author).
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