Social Likeability, Subtypes of Aggression, and the Attributional Style of Aggressive Youth

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dc.contributor.authorBlier, Heather K.en
dc.contributor.committeechairOllendick, Thomas H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberStephens, Robert S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberJones, Russell T.en
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:39:15Zen
dc.date.adate2001-07-14en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:39:15Zen
dc.date.issued2001-05-04en
dc.date.rdate2002-07-14en
dc.date.sdate2001-06-03en
dc.description.abstractRecent efforts to understand and predict the onset and maintenance of aggression have considered the heterogeneity of this behavior. Dodge (1980) and others, have suggested a distinction in aggression based on two primary subtypes: reactive and proactive aggression. The form, severity and persistence of these aggressive subtypes may depend on an on-going interaction between individual characteristics and environmental characteristics that elicit varying antecedents and consequences (Frick, 1998; Lahey et al., 1999). In particular, there exists some empirical support for the existence of relations among social likeability, attributional style, and particular subtypes of aggression symptomology. However, the exact nature of this relation is unclear. The current study examined two competing models, the mediator and moderator models, to assess the nature of the relations among social likeability, attributional style, and aggression subtypes in a sample of 419 youth in a non-clinical community setting. Results suggest that the external, stable, global attributional style serves to mediate the relation between social likeability and reactive, but not proactive aggression. Implications for assessment and treatment of aggression in adolescents are discussed.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-06032001-115204en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06032001-115204/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/33392en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartblier.etd.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectAdolescentsen
dc.subjectProactiveen
dc.subjectAggressionen
dc.subjectReactiveen
dc.subjectAttributional Styleen
dc.titleSocial Likeability, Subtypes of Aggression, and the Attributional Style of Aggressive Youthen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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