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Response decision processes and externalizing behavior problems in adolescents.

Reid Griffith Fontaine1, Virginia Salzer Burks, Kenneth A Dodge

  • 1Duke University, Psychology Department, Durham, NC 27708, USA. rgf2@duke.edu

Development and Psychopathology
|March 15, 2002
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Adolescents

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Adolescent Psychology
  • Social Cognition

Background:

  • Externalizing behavior problems are a significant concern in adolescence.
  • Understanding the cognitive processes underlying aggressive behavior is crucial for intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the role of social-cognitive processes in the development and maintenance of externalizing behaviors in adolescents.
  • To investigate the relationship between social information processing and aggressive tendencies.

Main Methods:

  • Assessed externalizing behavior problems in 124 adolescents across Grades 7-11.
  • In Grade 9, assessed social-cognitive domains using videotaped provocations and vignette-based questions.
  • Utilized a two-phase investigation to analyze response evaluation and selection processes in social information processing.

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Main Results:

  • Supported a two-factor model of response evaluation (response valuation and outcome expectancy).
  • Demonstrated significant links between Grade 9 response decision processes and subsequent externalizing behavior in Grades 9, 10, and 11.
  • These associations remained significant even after controlling for earlier behavior.

Conclusions:

  • Online behavioral judgments about aggression are critical for the persistence and escalation of aggressive tendencies.
  • Social information processing plays a key role in adolescent externalizing behaviors.
  • Interventions targeting social-cognitive skills may help reduce aggressive behavior in youth.