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CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Volume 74, Issue 2, Pages 374-393Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.7402004
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- NICHD NIH HHS [R01 HD030572] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDA NIH HHS [K05 DA015226, K05 DA015226-01] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH056961, MH56961, R01 MH056961-02, R01 MH042498] Funding Source: Medline
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The relation between social rejection and growth in antisocial behavior was investigated. In Study 1, 259 boys and girls (34% African American) were followed from Grades 1 to 3 (ages 6-8 years) to Grades 5 to 7 (ages 10-12 years). Early peer rejection predicted growth in aggression. In Study 2, 585 boys and girls (16% African American) were followed from kindergarten to Grade 3 (ages 5-8 years), and findings were replicated. Furthermore, early aggression moderated the effect of rejection, such that rejection exacerbated antisocial development only among children initially disposed toward aggression. In Study 3, social information-processing patterns measured in Study I were found to mediate partially the effect of early rejection on later aggression. In Study 4, processing patterns measured in Study 2 replicated the mediation effect. Findings are integrated into a recursive model of antisocial development.
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