Yes, and especially for reactive aggressive children. Reactive aggression is closely linked to a lack of competence in perceiving social situations, emotion regulation, and behavior control. Reactive-aggressive individuals interpret as threatening situations which appear neutral to an external observer. This lack of competence usually originates in the history of their experiences, their low or unstable self-esteem (Twenge, Baumeister, Tice & Stucke, 2001), and their distorted perception, all of which contribute to strongly reactive behavior patterns (Crick & Dodge, 1996). Reactive-aggressive individuals shape their environment through their hyper-reactivity, by evoking averse reactions in those with whom they interact and, as a result, the development of escalating patterns of interaction (Granic & Patterson, 2006). Aggressive children may transfer these escalating patterns of interaction from home at school.