Provoked and unprovoked aggression in toddlerhood: Evaluating measurement invariance and latent means across gender, age, and time

IF 2.7 2区 心理学 Q1 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES Aggressive Behavior Pub Date : 2024-01-15 DOI:10.1002/ab.22132
Kätlin Peets, Tamara Del Vecchio
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This paper re-examined the factor structure of a recently developed parent report of aggression, the Provoked and Unprovoked Aggression Questionnaire, and evaluated measurement invariance and latent mean differences across gender, age, and time. Participants were 333 mothers of toddlers (younger age group: n = 167, 53.9% boys, Mage Time 1 = 18.30 months, SD = 0.45; older age group: n = 166, 48.8% boys, Mage Time 1 = 24.29 months, SD = 0.38) who filled out provoked (eight items) and unprovoked (five items) aggression scales twice over a 3-month period. We found evidence for the configural, metric, and scalar measurement invariance—a requirement needed to make a meaningful comparison between aggression means across gender, age groups, and time. When comparing means for boys and girls, gender differences emerged earlier for unprovoked than provoked aggression. Also, the frequency of provoked aggression increased among younger, but not older, toddlers. By developing a brief parental report of aggression in toddlerhood, we hope to fill a void of early aggression measures that tap the contextual variability in aggressive behaviors, and thereby stimulate more research to further our understanding of different types of aggression and their correlates in toddlerhood.

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幼儿期的诱发和非诱发攻击行为:评估跨性别、年龄和时间的测量不变量和潜在手段
本文重新研究了最近开发的家长攻击行为报告--"诱发和非诱发攻击行为问卷"--的因子结构,并评估了不同性别、年龄和时间的测量不变性和潜在平均差异。参与者为 333 位幼儿的母亲(低龄组:n = 167,53.9% 为男孩,年龄 1 = 18.30 个月,SD = 0.45;高龄组:n = 166,48.8% 为男孩,年龄 1 = 24.29 个月,SD = 0.38),她们在 3 个月内两次填写了激怒(8 个项目)和无激怒(5 个项目)攻击量表。我们发现了构型、度量和标度测量不变性的证据--这是对不同性别、年龄组和时间的攻击行为平均值进行有意义比较的必要条件。在比较男孩和女孩的平均值时,无端攻击比挑衅攻击更早出现性别差异。此外,在年龄较小的幼儿中,挑衅性攻击的频率有所增加,而在年龄较大的幼儿中则没有。我们希望通过开发家长对幼儿期攻击行为的简短报告,填补早期攻击行为测量的空白,以挖掘攻击行为的环境变异性,从而促进更多研究,进一步了解幼儿期不同类型的攻击行为及其相关性。
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Aggressive Behavior
Aggressive Behavior 医学-行为科学
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4.90
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3.40%
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52
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>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Aggressive Behavior will consider manuscripts in the English language concerning the fields of Animal Behavior, Anthropology, Ethology, Psychiatry, Psychobiology, Psychology, and Sociology which relate to either overt or implied conflict behaviors. Papers concerning mechanisms underlying or influencing behaviors generally regarded as aggressive and the physiological and/or behavioral consequences of being subject to such behaviors will fall within the scope of the journal. Review articles will be considered as well as empirical and theoretical articles. Aggressive Behavior is the official journal of the International Society for Research on Aggression.
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