Reactive and Proactive Aggression among Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Early Adolescents in Norway: The Relation to Emotional and Conduct Problems (original) (raw)

Adolescent Psychiatry

Abstract

Objective: This study explores the differences in the association between three different types of aggression (reactive aggression, power-related proactive aggression and affiliation-related proactive aggression), with emotional and conduct problems between early adolescents with immigrant and non-immigrant background in Norway. Methods: The sample comprises 1759 early adolescents in fifth to eight grade (10-15 year-olds). The proportion of early adolescents of immigrants with two foreign-born parents were 862 and 897 were adolescents with two Norwegian-born parents. The gender distribution was similar in the immigrant and non-immigrant samples, 48.2% boys and 49.5% girls. Mean age for immigrant boys were 11.6 (SD 1.25), for non-immigrant boys 11.7 (SD 1.29), for immigrant girls 11.6 (SD = 1.25), and for non-immigrant girls 11.8 (SD = 1.27). Data were collected via self-report assessments. Results: A multi-group structural equation model revealed that the effects of reactive and pro...

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