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2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Elucidating the Roles of Anger Bias and Context-Inappropriate Anger in Preschool Aggression

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Developmental Psychology

  • Brianna Bianchini
    University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  • Sophia Baxendale
    University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  • Jillian Pellegrini
    University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  • Samantha Clark
    University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
  • Robin Locke
    University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

Abstract

Findings from the present study indicated that anger bias positively associated with aggression. Moreover, context-inappropriate (CI) anger positively associated with aggression beyond context-appropriate anger. Finally, CI anger moderated the relationship between anger bias and aggression. Specifically, anger bias only predicted aggression in children with moderate-to-high levels of CI anger.

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