Professor Su Yanjie's research group published a paper in Developmental Science to reveal the relationship between children's psychological theory and aggressive behavior

In September 2022, Professor Su Yanjie's research group of the School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences of Peking University published a paper entitled "The relation between aggression and theory of mind in children: A meta-analysis" in the internationally renowned academic journal Developmental Science, using the method of multi-level meta-analysis.

Aggression refers to behavior intended to harm another person physically or psychologically

To resolve the conflict between these two views, this study uses the method of multilevel meta-analysis to summarize and analyze

It was found that the overall correlation between psychological theory and aggressive behavior was negatively significant (r = -0.

In addition, for the first time, the results of both transcribed and follow-up studies were included in a meta-analysis, finding that there was a negative correlation

At the same time, whether the attack is bullying or not also regulates this correlation

This study solves the conflict of views of previous researchers on the relationship between aggression and psychological theory, provides further evidence for the idea of social skills loss, and also enlightens educators to reduce children's aggressive behavior

Wang Yiyi, a doctoral student in Professor Su Yanjie's research group, is the first author of this article, and Professor Su Yanjie is the corresponding author of

This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31872782, 32071075

Wang, Y.

2022-09-18