Children's competitive peer aggression during reward and punishment

摘要: Behavior-disordered children (N = 65) competed with a presumed unknown peer on consecutive administrations of an analogue aggression task instrumental (blocking the opponent's game) and hostile (sending opponent noise). The first administration as reward-only, nonpunishment condition. second contained both reward punishment conditions. Results indicated clear differences aggressive responding during conditions punishment. Significant correlations were found between across two administrations, whereas nonsignificant, Teacher ratings Covert-Proactive Aggression correlated but not administrations. was significantly Continuous Performance Test inattention impulsivity scores, suggesting that may play important role in children's ability to inhibit cues for These data indicate utility laboratory procedure assess associated childhood further our understanding subtypes.