Caregivers’ Grit Moderates the Relationship Between Children’s Executive Function and Aggression

Frontiers in Psychology

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Bess Y. H. Lam¹  Adrian Raine²  Annis L. C. Fung⁵  Yu Gao⁶  Tatia M. C. Lee⁸ 

[1] Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University;Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, United States;Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, United States;Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, United States;Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong;The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, United States;Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, United States;Laboratory of Neuropsychology, The University of Hong Kong;Laboratory of Cognitive Affective Neuroscience, The University of Hong Kong;The State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong;Institute of Clinical Neuropsychology, The University of Hong Kong

关键词: executive function;    proactive aggression;    reactive aggression;    perseverance;    grit;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00636

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Objective Previous studies have shown that the impairment of executive function is positively related to aggression in children and adolescents. What is worth investigating is the moderator of such a relationship so that aggressive behavior can be reduced effectively in those who have executive function problems. The present study examined the association between executive function and two major subtypes of aggression (proactive and reactive aggression) and whether their caregivers’ grit (perseverance) moderated such relationship.

【 授权许可】

CC BY