Abstract
The Social Information Processing (SIP) Model describes the sequence of events by which children encode, interpret, construct responses, evaluate responses, and enact behaviors in social settings. In this chapter, we describe the stages in the SIP Model and methods used to assess SIP. We review studies that examine how deficits and biases in SIP are associated with externalizing disorders and predict aggressive behavior. Relations with externalizing behavior and social maladjustment and problems in peer and parent interactions, which can be mediated by SIP, are also explored. We briefly review research examining the relationship between SIP and basic cognitive abilities and the etiology of SIP deficits and biases. Interventions designed to improve SIP, which have been shown to improve both externalizing behaviors and peer and parent interactions, are reviewed. Finally, limitations of existing literature and future directions in research on SIP and its links to social behavior are discussed.
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