%0 Journal Article
%T Cool and hot executive functions at 5 years old as predictors of physical and relational aggression between 5 and 6 years old
%A Claire P. Monks
%A Sajid Humayun
%A Stella Tsermentseli
%J International Journal of Behavioral Development
%@ 1464-0651
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0165025418798498
%X To study the role of executive function (EF) in the early development of aggression, the role of cool and hot EF skills at 5 years old, in the development of physical and relational aggression between 5 and 6 years old, was explored. Typically developing children (N = 80) completed tasks assessing their cool (inhibition, working memory, planning) and hot EF (affective decision making, delay of gratification) skills at 5 years old. Longitudinal data were collected from teachers that rated childrenĄ¯s aggression when they were 5, 5.5, and 6 years old. Inhibition at 5 years old predicted changes in physical and relational aggression between 5 and 6 years old. Early cool EF, but not hot EF, may therefore be associated with aggression and inhibitory control specifically with changes in aggression during early childhood
%K Aggression
%K executive function
%K early childhood
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0165025418798498