RT Journal Article
T1 Distinctiveness of reactive and proactive aggression from a variable- and person-based approach in juvenile offenders and community youth
A1 Maneiro Boo, Lorena
A1 Argudo Palacios, Aarón
A1 Gómez Fraguela, Xosé Antón
K1 Reactive aggression
K1 Proactive aggression
K1 Behavioral profiles
K1 Juvenile offenders
K1 Adolescents
AB The goal of this study was to examine the distinctiveness of reactive aggression (RA) and proactive aggression (PA) from a variable- and person-based approach, their psychosocial correlates and behavioral outcomes, and analyze their replicability across two samples of adolescents. The forensic sample was composed of 231 juvenile offenders and the community sample included 321 youth. At a variable-based level, the results of the factor analysis supported the original two-factor model of aggression, and RA and PA showed differential associations with a set of psychosocial correlates and behavioral outcomes. At a person-based level, three subgroups were identified, namely low aggression, moderate RA, and mixed aggression. The mixed aggression group showed the most severe profile in both samples. These results support the distinctiveness of RA and PA at a variable-based level but lead to consider PA as a severity marker rather than a distinct subgroup at a person-based level
PB Springer
SN 0009-398X
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/29990
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/29990
LA eng
NO Maneiro, L., Argudo, A. & Gómez-Fraguela, X.A. Distinctiveness of Reactive and Proactive Aggression from a Variable- and Person-based Approach in Juvenile Offenders and Community Youth. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-022-01479-5
NO This research was partially supported by the consolidation and structuring of competitive research units and other promotional actions in the universities of the SUG; GRC, 2018 (Xunta de Galicia). Lorena Maneiro’s contribution to this manuscript was partially supported by the Programa de Axudas á etapa posdoutoral da Xunta de Galicia (Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria). Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature
DS Minerva
RD 3 may 2026