BACKGROUND: Past research has shown links between both @entity1 's @entity146 and a lack of prosocial behaviour to later maladaptation. Both types of behaviours have also been identified as crucial in @entity1 's social and emotional development and later (mal)adaptation. However, little is known about the way they predict each other over time. METHODS: We utilised a large, ethnically diverse, longitudinal population sample of @entity1 and @entity1 (N   =   1,334) to examine the bidirectional cross-lagged links between aggressive and prosocial domains of behaviour from age seven to eleven. Teacher, parent and @entity1 self-reports were utilised to assess @entity146 and prosocial behaviour. RESULTS: The results revealed that @entity146 measured one year predicted decreases in prosocial behaviour in the following year. Conversely, prosocial behaviour did not predict changes in @entity146 in the subsequent year. Furthermore, peer difficulties were examined and found to be an important mediator of the link between aggressive and prosocial behaviour. Specifically, peer difficulties mediated the links between @entity146 and prosocial behaviour one year later, particularly during the first three years of school attendance. CONCLUSIONS: Implications of the findings for the design of intervention strategies to reduce @entity1 's @entity146 are discussed.

The developmental relation between XXXX and prosocial behaviour: A 5-year longitudinal study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'boys', 'girls', 'child'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['aggressive behaviour']
@entity146 :: (MESH:D001523,Disease) :: ['aggressive behaviour']
