Aggressive behaviour in preschool boys and girls

dc.contributor.author	Κάκουρος, Ευθύμιος	el
dc.contributor.author	Καραμπά, Ράνια	el
dc.contributor.author	Μανιαδάκη, Κατερίνα	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-04-24T14:16:22Z
dc.date.issued	2015-04-24
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/8864
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
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dc.subject	Επιθετική συμπεριφορά
dc.subject	Προσχολική ηλικία
dc.subject	Διαταραχή ελλειμματικής προσοχής - υπερκινητικότητα
dc.subject	Divergent behavior
dc.subject	Αποκλίνουσα συμπεριφορά
dc.subject	Early childhood
dc.subject	Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
dc.title	Aggressive behaviour in preschool boys and girls	en
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heal.secondaryTitle	different rearing practices or result of AD/HD?	en
heal.classification	Psychology
heal.classification	Child psychology
heal.classification	Ψυχολογία
heal.classification	Παιδική ψυχολογία
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Ψυχολογία
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Παιδική ψυχολογία
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heal.language	en
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heal.publicationDate	2004-09-07
heal.bibliographicCitation	Kakouros, E., Karaba, R. & Maniadaki, K. (2004) Aggressive behaviour in preschool boys and girls: Different rearing practices or result of AD/HD?. In 34th Annual Congress of the European Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies, Book of Abstracts. 7th-11th September 2004. Manchester, p.123	en
heal.abstract	Evidence exists that aggressive behaviour is more common in boys than girls. Maccoby & Jacklin (1974) suggest that males are biologically predisposed toward aggressive behaviour and Tieger (1980) proposes a social learning theory as an alternative explanation. Moreover, it has been demonstrated that children with Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) are usually more aggressive than their peers. However, limited studies have examined jointly the effect of AD/HD and the child?s gender on the development of aggression. It is possible that aggression is related to AD/HD at a different degree for boys and girls. This discrepancy could lie on differential socialisation procedures, based on social stereotypes that suggest more tolerance of aggression when expressed by males (Maniadaki et al., 2003). This study aimed to investigate whether the development of aggressive behaviour in preschool children is related to the presence of AD/HD at the same degree for boys and girls. Data were collected for 925 boys and girls (mean age=56.01 months, s.d.=8.9 months) enrolled in kindergartens in Athens. Nursery teachers completed two questionnaires for each child: a) the ?Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire? (SDQ) for the investigation of ADHD symptoms, and b) a questionnaire constructed by the authors for the investigation of several forms of aggressive behaviour. The results revealed that 14% of the children scored highly on the hyperactivity subscale of the SDQ. Male to female ratio was 2,5:1. The reported sex difference in aggression was confirmed with boys being aggressive more often than girls [x2 (2,915)=58.7, p<.001]. Moreover, AD/HD was positively correlated with aggression for the whole sample (r=.51, p<.01). However, it was found that aggressive girls were significantly more likely to present AD/HD (77.8%) than aggressive boys (58.7%). It appears that AD/HD and aggressive behaviour are more closely related in girls than boys. In other words, when girls behave aggressively, it is more likely that this behaviour is due to AD/HD than in the case of boys, where aggressive behaviour might also be attributed to other reasons. This finding implies that aggression may be discouraged in girls but more tolerated in boys. Thus, girls tend to exert more self-control when they feel like acting aggressively and, therefore, aggression appears only when self-control capacities are deficient, as happens in the case of AD/HD. At contrast, boys may feel more free to express aggressive feelings in a wide range of situations. Aggressive behaviour might have different correlates when manifested by boys and girls and this difference could be utilized in differentiating the norms used in rating scales and screening tests for AD/HD.	en
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heal.conferenceName	34th Annual Congress of the European Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies	en
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