The phrase "acts of proactive aggression" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing behavior that is intentionally aggressive and anticipatory in nature, often in psychological or sociopolitical discussions.
Example: "The report highlighted several acts of proactive aggression that contributed to the escalating conflict between the two nations."
Alternatives: "instances of preemptive hostility" or "measures of aggressive initiative".
As expected, blaming others and assuming the worst were unrelated to nominations of proactive aggression.
The teachers reported that older students usually indicated higher levels of proactive aggression than younger ones.
Gender appeared to be a significant predictor both of proactive aggression (β = .63, P = .01), and of reactive aggression (β = .50, P = .06).06
The study of reactive/proactive aggression has risen out of social cognitive theories, such as the frustration-aggression model and social learning theory; the former has been used to describe the provoked emotional outburst associated with reactive aggression, while the latter captures the instrumental function, or positively reinforcing nature, of proactive aggression [ 18].
Furthermore, although ethnicity did not predict reactive aggression (β = .37, P = .16), ethnicity appeared to be a significant predictor of proactive aggression (β = .96, P = .01), with children with parents not born in the Netherlands being 2.61 times as likely to become nominated for proactive aggression as compared to children with parents born in the Netherlands.
In the low SES Dutch offender group, 29.0% could be explained by parent reports of behavioral problems and child reports of proactive aggression.
Though not impossible, prior studies suggested that it is difficult to identify individuals that merely display high levels of proactive aggression [ 5, 23– 25].
This suggests that youths with high levels of proactive aggression are not only amongst the most violent offenders, but are also likely to be versatile offenders.
Across investigators, these categories generally share a two-part division which can be broadly grouped; acts of reactive, affective, defensive and impulsive aggression, on one hand, and acts of proactive, instrumental and planned aggression [ 50].
It was unquestionably an act of proactive violence by the police.
