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Table 1 Empirically Supported Subtypes of Aggression

From: Psychopathology, trauma and delinquency: subtypes of aggression and their relevance for understanding young offenders

Subtypes of Aggression

Predominant Empirical Support

Overt/Oppositional/Covert [42]

Prospective, developmental, human

Reactive/Proactive [43]

Prospective, developmental, human

Affective/Predatory [44]

Experimental, clinical, developmental, human

Defensive/Offensive [45]

Experimental, animal

Socialized and Under - Socialized [46]

Clinical, developmental, human

Impulsive/Controlled [47]

Forensic, clinical, human

Hostile/Instrumental [48] Impulsive/Premeditated [49)

Clinical, experimental, developmental Forensic, adult, clinical, experimental