EMPATHY AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH AGGRESSION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

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The study is supported by grand 2200.0097 from Zorg Onderzoek Nederland [Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development] to Marinus H. Van

Because high levels of aggression in the first years of life may be predictive of later behavior problems, knowledge about factors that may explain individual differences

In the present study we investigate the prevalence, stability, and develop- ment of physical aggression in 1- to 4-year-old boys and girls using mother and father

Table 3.3 shows that the total frequency of observed physical aggression was significantly related to mother-rated physical aggression in almost all subgroups (except

Three models regarding the relation between maternal (in-)sensitivity, negative discipline, and child physical aggression were examined in a sample of 117 mother- child pairs with

We also investigated whether differences in effect sizes were related to the use of clinical versus nonclinical groups, age and gender of the participants, setting and time

In addition to the effect of sensitivity on HPA axis functioning, results of the current thesis showed that when mothers were both insensitive and showed high levels of