title: Social problem solving in hyperactive-aggressive children: how and what they think in conditions of automatic and controlled processing.
abstract: Examined how and what children think under conditions of automatic and controlled processing within the context of social problem solving. In a condition that elicited automatic processing, hyperactive-aggressive children did not differ in being able to identify the components of a problem or in the number of solutions generated to solve a problem, but were more aggressive in the types of solutions generated, as compared to nonhyperactive-nonaggressive children. Furthermore, in a condition eliciting controlled processing, hyperactive-aggressive children did not differ in identifying problem components, generating solutions, or in anticipating outcomes for solutions, but were less able to anticipate consequences, and were more aggressive in choosing a best solution to solve a problem, as compared to nonhyperactive-nonaggressive children. The study demonstrated a relation between problem-solving codes that discriminated between groups, and overall child adjustment. Implications for social problem-solving interventions are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Bloomquist
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: August
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Doyle
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Everhart
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011340:Problem Solving; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012919:Social Behavior