Social Problem Solving in Hyperactive-Aggressive Children: How and What They Think in Conditions of Automatic and Controlled Processing
- 1 June 1997
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Clinical Child Psychology
- Vol. 26 (2) , 172-180
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15374424jccp2602_5
Abstract
Examined how and what children think under conditions of automatic and controlled processing within the context of social problem solving. In a condition that elicited automatic processing, hyperactive-aggressive children did not differ in being able to identify the components of a problem or in the number of solutions generated to solve a problem, but were more aggressive in the types of solutions generated as compared to nonhyperactive-nonaggressive children. Furthermore, in a condition eliciting controlled processing, hyperactive-aggressive children did not differ in identifying problem components, generating solutions, or in anticipating outcomes for solutions, but were less able to anticipate consequences, and were more aggressive in choosing a best solution to solve a problem, as compared to nonhyperactive-nonaggressive children. The study demonstrated a relation between problem-solving codes that discriminated between groups, and overall child adjustment, Implications for social problem-solving interventions are discussed.Keywords
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