Table 2.
Mother, Child, and Teacher Report of Aggression
| Girls | Boys | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4–5 Years | ||||||
| Aggression | ||||||
| Mother | Child | Teacher | Mother | Child | Teacher | |
| Physical | 4.15 (2.85) | - | 3.14 (4.77) | 5.19 (4.19) | - | 5.86 (4.85) |
| Verbal | 4.81 (3.53) | - | 3.93 (4.98) | 5.53 (3.33) | - | 4.36 (3.50) |
| Indirect | 4.30 (3.60) | - | 7.43 (7.59) | 3.50 (3.07) | - | 7.07 (5.65) |
| 6–7 Years | ||||||
| Mother | Child | Teacher | Mother | Child | Teacher | |
| Physical | 4.13 (3.27) | 2.17 (2.87) | 1.10 (2.83) | 4.70 (3.46) | 4.04 (4.20) | 6.30 (6.70) |
| Verbal | 5.11 (3.54) | 3.15 (3.17) | 3.34 (4.45) | 5.67 (3.56) | 3.54 (3.92) | 4.65 (4.67) |
| Indirect | 4.56 (3.87) | 6.11 (7.48) | 6.48 (7.90) | 3.53 (3.01) | 5.88 (6.58) | 5.87 (6.38) |
| 8–9 Years | ||||||
| Mother | Child | Teacher | Mother | Child | Teacher | |
| Physical | 3.10 (2.72) | 2.84 (3.63) | 1.89 (4.27) | 3.85 (3.80) | 4.42 (5.13) | 4.41 (5.96) |
| Verbal | 5.13 (3.16) | 3.92 (3.21) | 3.81 (4.11) | 5.15 (4.24) | 5.19 (4.39) | 4.52 (4.67) |
| Indirect | 6.04 (4.99) | 5.54 (5.25) | 8.22 (9.68) | 3.94 (3.95) | 6.54 (6.20) | 6.26 (7.16) |
| 10–11 Years | ||||||
| Mother | Child | Teacher | Mother | Child | Teacher | |
| Physical | 2.07 (2.30) | 1.50 (1.87) | .78 (2.33) | 4.54 (2.63) | 3.71 (4.05) | 4.75 (5.37) |
| Verbal | 4.57 (3.55) | 4.64 (3.41) | 5.22 (5.47) | 5.92 (3.33) | 4.36 (3.97) | 5.25 (3.99) |
| Indirect | 6.07 (4.25) | 6.36 (4.63) | 14.22 (12.27) | 3.62 (3.07) | 5.86 (4.59) | 9.00 (6.14) |
Note: Standard deviations are in parentheses. For mother’s n=143 for girls and 149 for boys, for self-report n=118 for girls and 119 for boys, for teachers n=79 for girls and 72 for boys.