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Malti, T, Averdijk, M, Ribeaud, D, Rotenberg, KJ and Eisner, MP (2013) "Do you trust him?" Children's trust beliefs and developmental trajectories of aggressive behavior in an ethnically diverse sample. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 41 (3). 445 -456. ISSN 1573-2835
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Abstract
This study investigated the role of trust beliefs (i.e., trustworthiness, trustfulness) on aggression trajectories in a four-wave longitudinal study using an ethnically diverse sample of 8- to 11-year-old children (N = 1,028), as well as the risk profiles of low trust beliefs and low socioeconomic status on aggression trajectories. At Time 1 to Time 4, teachers provided ratings of overt aggressive behavior. At Time 1, children's trust beliefs were assessed by a sociometric peer nomination instrument and derived using social relations analysis. Latent growth curve analysis revealed five trajectories of aggressive behavior: high-stable, medium-stable, low-stable, increasing, and decreasing. As hypothesized, children in the high-stable trajectory were perceived as less trustworthy than children in the low-stable, medium-stable, and increasing trajectories. Children in the high-stable trajectory were less trustful than children in the low-stable trajectory and had a significantly higher risk profile (i.e., low trust beliefs and low SES) compared to children in the low-stable trajectory. Our findings indicate that the developmental course of aggression during middle childhood is predicted by children's trustworthiness and trustfulness. A risk profile of low trust and low socioeconomic status contributes to high-stable aggression trajectories.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | This is the final published version of the article (version of record). It first appeared online via Springer at http://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-012-9687-7 - please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | trust beliefs, aggressive behavior, developmental trajectory, SES risk, middle childhood |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Natural Sciences > School of Psychology |
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Depositing User: | Symplectic |
Date Deposited: | 18 Oct 2017 13:23 |
Last Modified: | 20 Apr 2018 15:01 |
URI: | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/4093 |