THE IMPACT OF CHILD ABUSE ON AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR Natalia E. Fares*, José M. Cabrera**, J. Martin Ramirez*** *Sociopsychobiology of Aggression Research Group, Psychobiology Department & Institute for Biofunctional Studies, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), (Spain). natfares@hotmail.com **Economics Department, Universidad de Montevideo (UM), (Uruguay). jmcabrera@um.edu.uy ***Sociopsychobiology of Aggression Research Group, Psychobiology Department & Institute for Biofunctional Studies, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), (Spain) & Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University (USA). mramirez@med.ucm.es 5th Annual CICA – STR International Conference The University of California, Irvine, CA, USA September 9, 2011

Introduction With the aim of contributing to a deeper knowledge of the complex phenomenon of aggression, the present study examines how abused children justify aggression in different social situations. 43 maltreated children participated in this study. Control group: 86 non-abused children of the same age and sex, 43 of them from public shools (low socioeconomic level), and 43 of private schools (higher socioeconomic level). Children completed 2 self-report questionnaires: RPQ: designed to measure reactive and proactive agression questionnaire (Raine, Dodge, Loeber et al., 2006) CAMA: designed to measure the justification of eight aggressive acts in six social situations (CAMA, Ramírez, 1986). RESULTS.

Introduction Procedure and ethical aspects Etc

Descriptive statistics The differences in age and %female between maltreated children and the control group are not statistically different from zero (p>0.10), so both groups are equal in these dimensions.

Reactive and Proactive Questionnaire Maltreated present higher levels of both reactive and proactive aggression.

Reactive and Proactive Questionnaire Females present lower levels of both reactive and proactive aggression.

Reactive and Proactive Questionnaire No differences are found regarding age.

CAMA – acts

CAMA – acts

CAMA – acts

CAMA – situations Pego los resultados. Igual no los mostraría y diría simplemente que no hay diferencias entre maltratados y no-maltratados, ni por sexo ni por edad.

CAMA – situations Pego los resultados. Igual no los mostraría y diría simplemente que no hay diferencias entre maltratados y no-maltratados, ni por sexo ni por edad.

CAMA – situations Pego los resultados. Igual no los mostraría y diría simplemente que no hay diferencias entre maltratados y no-maltratados, ni por sexo ni por edad.

CAMA – physical and verbal

Título The same pattern is observed when we look WITHIN maltreated children, so these results are not presented.