De relatie van werkgeheugen met reactieve agressie en strafongevoeligheid met proactieve agressie bij jongens in de basisschoolleeftijd: de verklarende rol van sociale informatieverwerkingsprocessen

Abstract

This study examined the relation between working memory with reactive aggression and between punishment insensitivity with proactive aggression. This study tested whether these relations could be explained by social information processing (SIP) patterns. Participants were presented with interactive Virtual Reality scenarios to assess their SIP. They also performed computer tasks and teachers filled in a questionnaire about their aggressive behavior. Results showed that working memory was negatively associated with reactive aggression, this relation was not explained by a hostile attributional style. Punishment insensitivity was found to be positively associated with proactive aggression, this relation was not explained by instrumental goals.