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| Paula J FiteSummaryAffiliation: University of Tennessee Country: USA Publications
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Proactive and reactive aggression in a child psychiatric inpatient populationPaula J Fite
Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 38:199-205. 2009..In contrast, reactive aggression was uniquely positively related to negative affect but unrelated to indicators of antisocial behavior. Findings support unique correlates for proactive and reactive aggression...- The influence of neighborhood disadvantage and perceived disapproval on early substance use initiationPaula J Fite
University of Tennessee, Austin Peay Building 301F, Knoxville, TN 37921, United States
Addict Behav 34:769-71. 2009..However, when associations were simultaneously examined, neighborhood disadvantage was the only factor related to early substance use initiation. Implications for findings are discussed... - Explaining discrepancies in arrest rates between Black and White male juvenilesPaula J Fite
Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 77:916-27. 2009.... - Child internalizing and externalizing behavior as predictors of age at first admission and risk for repeat admission to a child inpatient facilityPaula J Fite
Department of Psychology, Austin Peay Building, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Am J Orthopsychiatry 78:63-9. 2008..Co-occurring internalizing and externalizing behavior problems were associated with increased risk for repeat admission, but were unrelated to age at first admission. Implications for findings are discussed... - Associations between relational aggression, depression, and suicidal ideation in a child psychiatric inpatient samplePaula J Fite
Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 42:666-78. 2011.... - The relation between childhood proactive and reactive aggression and substance use initiationPaula J Fite
Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
J Abnorm Child Psychol 36:261-71. 2008..However, high levels of reactive aggression that did not lead to peer rejection were negatively associated with risk for initiation of tobacco and marijuana use. Implications for intervention are discussed... - Developmental trajectories of proactive and reactive aggression from fifth to ninth gradePaula J Fite
Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 37:412-21. 2008..However, 1-year cross-lagged paths indicated that proactive aggression predicted increases in delinquency, not vice versa... - Parenting stress as a predictor of age upon admission to a child psychiatric inpatient facilityPaula J Fite
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 39:171-83. 2008..Parental social isolation was associated with a younger child's age upon admission, whereas difficulty with parental attachment was associated with an older age... - Children's beliefs about substance use: an examination of age differences in implicit and explicit cognitive precursors of substance use initiationRoisin M O'Connor
Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 21:525-33. 2007..Older children were more positive about cigarette use. Findings suggest the importance of distinguishing explicit and implicit cognition for etiological models of early SU... - Further validation of a measure of proactive and reactive aggression within a clinical child populationPaula J Fite
Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 40:367-82. 2009..However, the reactive aggression subscale of the Little et al. measure was not related to social problems while both the proactive and reactive aggression subscales of the Dodge and Coie measure were... - Adolescents' relational schemas and their subjective understanding of romantic relationship interactionsJustin D Smith
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States
J Adolesc 33:147-57. 2010..Males' relational schemas were also associated with the observers' interpretations of Power for both couple members. Possible implications of this finding for attachment theory and adolescent romantic relationships are discussed... - Aggression Among Children with ADHD, Anxiety, or Co-occurring Symptoms: Competing Exacerbation and Attenuation HypothesesStephen P Becker
Department of Psychology, Miami University, 90 North Patterson Avenue, Oxford, OH, 45056, USA
J Abnorm Child Psychol 40:527-42. 2012..Although ADHD symptoms were significantly associated with all aggression subtypes, this association did not remain when including symptoms of oppositional defiant disorder... - Associations between effortful control, psychological control and proactive and reactive aggressionJamie Rathert
Department of Psychology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 42:609-21. 2011..Implications for prevention and intervention are discussed... - A factor analytic approach to distinguish pure and co-occurring dimensions of proactive and reactive aggressionPaula J Fite
Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 35:578-82. 2006..Findings indicate that CFA provides a promising approach for conceptualizing aggression on a continuum and allows researchers to distinguish pure and co-occurring dimensions of proactive and reactive aggression... - Childhood behavior problems and peer selection and socialization: risk for adolescent alcohol usePaula J Fite
Park Hall 243, Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, United States
Addict Behav 31:1454-9. 2006..Implications of these findings for prevention and intervention efforts are discussed...
Research Grants
- Pathways From Subtypes of Aggression to Substance UsePaula Fite; Fiscal Year: 2007....