To summarize, our main objectives were to identify trajectories
of aggressive behavior in middle childhood by
examining the development of aggression in a longitudinal
sample of 8- to 11-year-old children, and to investigate
whether children’s trust beliefs would predict these trajectories.
Based on the extant trajectory research on aggressive
behavior, we expected to find several groups of behaviors,
including a group that was consistently low on aggressive
behavior, a group that was consistently high on aggressive
behavior, a group that decreased in aggressive behavior over
time, and a group that increased in aggressive behavior over
time (Campbell et al. 2006). We hypothesized that children
would remain high-stable on aggressive behavior if they
lacked trust in others and were perceived as untrustworthy.
In contrast, we hypothesized that children with high trust
beliefs would remain in the low-stable or decreasing aggressive
behavior trajectories. We also expected that low trust
beliefs would increase aggressive behavior in children with initially low aggressive behavior.
To summarize, our main objectives were to identify trajectoriesof aggressive behavior in middle childhood byexamining the development of aggression in a longitudinalsample of 8- to 11-year-old children, and to investigatewhether children’s trust beliefs would predict these trajectories.Based on the extant trajectory research on aggressivebehavior, we expected to find several groups of behaviors,including a group that was consistently low on aggressivebehavior, a group that was consistently high on aggressivebehavior, a group that decreased in aggressive behavior overtime, and a group that increased in aggressive behavior overtime (Campbell et al. 2006). We hypothesized that childrenwould remain high-stable on aggressive behavior if theylacked trust in others and were perceived as untrustworthy.In contrast, we hypothesized that children with high trustbeliefs would remain in the low-stable or decreasing aggressivebehavior trajectories. We also expected that low trustbeliefs would increase aggressive behavior in children with initially low aggressive behavior.
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