Indirect But Lasting: Linking Indirect Aggression Use Over Childhood to Future Adjustment While Considering Conduct Problems
Stéphanie Boutin, Émiliane Larrivée, Michèle Déry · 2026
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Stéphanie Boutin and colleagues follow children over time to ask whether heavy use of indirect aggression predicts later problems on its own. Indirect aggression means social tactics such as spreading rumours or excluding someone, rather than hitting or shouting. Their 2026 study separates its effects from general conduct problems.
Data came from a long-running Quebec project with 744 children, including 434 recruited from eight school boards for conduct problems. Parents and teachers rated aggression and conduct from about age 8 to 13, and outcomes were self-reported at about 17. Children on a high, stable indirect aggression path reported more problematic substance use and delinquent behaviour, and faced a higher risk of dropping out of school. This held after accounting for conduct problems, so the authors urge screening for indirect aggression itself.
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| CREATOR | Stéphanie Boutin, Émiliane Larrivée, Michèle Déry |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |