Correlati cognitivi di tipi diversi di aggressività

[Autom. eng. transl.] In literature, a distinction is made between reactive aggressiveness (a tendency to react aggressively in problematic situations of interaction, associated with a lack of emotional regulation; Little, Card, 2007) and proactive aggression (a tendency to attack in a planned way, independently of alleged provocations, in order to get benefits; Crick, Dodge, 1996). The study, which previously involved 127 children (fourth-fifth grade; 52% males), investigated some cognitive correlates of these forms of aggressiveness: executive functions (clock test: Moron, 1997), planning skills (meta-adventure: Sala, Antonietti, 2008), evocation of aggressive thoughts (prompt: Caravita, Gini, 2010), inattention and hyperactivity (SDAI, SCOD). A self-report questionnaire measured the types of aggression (Little et al., 2003; Camodeca, 2010). Preliminary analyzes show that reactive, proactive and reactive-proactive children have some differences in the correlates investigated: the proactive have better planning skills; reactive-proactive children are more inattentive, hyperactive and with difficulty in executive functions.