Developmental Trajectories of Chinese Adolescents’ Relational Aggression: Associations With Changes in Social‐Psychological Adjustment

2018 ◽  
Vol 90 (6) ◽  
pp. 2153-2170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Chen ◽  
Wenxin Zhang ◽  
Linqin Ji ◽  
Kirby Deater‐Deckard
Keyword(s):  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Psychological Adjustment ◽  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Social Psychological

Children's treatment by peers: Victims of relational and overt aggression

1996 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 367-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicki R. Crick ◽  
Jennifer K. Grotpeter
Keyword(s):  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Psychological Adjustment ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Relational Victimization ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Overt Aggression ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Adjustment Difficulties ◽  
Relational Form

AbstractPast research on peer victimization has focused on maltreatment through overtly aggressive behaviors. Although a relational form of aggression has been identified in recent research, studies of the victims of relational aggression have not yet been conducted. The present research was designed as a first attempt to address this issue. Four goals were pursued (n = 474; third- through sixth-grade children): (a) development of a self-report measure of victimization through relational and overt aggression; (b) assessment of the relation between overt victimization and relational victimization; (c) assessment of gender, grade, and sociometric status group differences in victimization; and (d) evaluation of the relation between victimization and social-psychological adjustment. Results showed that the newly developed victimization measure had favorable psychometric properties and that most of the identified victims were the targets of cither relational or overt aggression, but not both. Further, rejected children were more relationally and overtly victimized than their better accepted peers, and boys were more overtly victimized than girls. Finally, relational victimization, overt victimization, and the lack of prosocial treatment by peers were all significantly related to social-psychological adjustment difficulties (e.g., depression, loneliness).

The role of culture in relational aggression: Associations with social-psychological adjustment problems in Japanese and US school-aged children

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshito Kawabata ◽  
Nicki. R. Crick ◽  
Yoshikazu Hamaguchi
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Psychological Adjustment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Japanese Children ◽  
Adjustment Problems ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Us Children

The purpose of this study was (1) to evaluate psychometric properties that assess forms of aggression (i.e., relational and physical aggression) across cultures (i.e., Japan and the United States) and (2) to investigate the role of culture in the associations between forms of aggression and social-psychological adjustment problems such as depressive symptoms and delinquency. Participants consisted of 296 fourth-graders (197 Japanese and 99 US children). It was hypothesized that relative to US children, relational aggression would be more strongly associated with depressive symptoms for Japanese children. Findings supported our hypothesis, suggesting that Japanese children may be more vulnerable to negative interpersonal experiences, including relational aggression.

scholarly journals Relational Aggression, Gender, and Social-Psychological Adjustment

1995 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicki R. Crick ◽  
Jennifer K. Grotpeter
Keyword(s):  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Psychological Adjustment ◽  
Social Psychological

Adolescents’ Attribution and Outcome Expectancies Regarding Relational Aggression: A Cross-Cultural Comparison and Cultural Value Associations

2020 ◽  
pp. 027243162097767
Author(s):  
Yan Li ◽  
Michelle F. Wright ◽  
Danae Rollet
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Outcome Expectancies ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Outcome Expectancy ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison

This study compares 477 Chinese and 342 American adolescents’ responses to open-ended questions regarding attribution and outcome expectancies of relational aggression, and investigates how cultural values were related to these social cognitive processes. Results revealed cross-cultural similarities and differences. In particular, American adolescents attributed romantic relationship competition, which was absent in Chinese adolescents’ responses. Furthermore, American adolescents demonstrated a stronger instrumental orientation in their social cognition (e.g., gain status), whereas Chinese adolescents tended to hold the blaming the victim attribution, and the socially harm the victim outcome expectancy. Finally, this study revealed that in both cultural groups, higher collectivism was linked to the blaming the aggressor attribution, as well as escalated peer conflict and aggression as outcome expectancies, whereas individualism was linked to the blaming the victim attribution. Findings of this study enriched our knowledge about the cultural construal of adolescents’ attribution and outcome expectancy regarding relational aggression.

Developmental Trajectories of Relational Aggression

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula J. Fite ◽  
Casey A. Pederson
Keyword(s):  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Physical Aggression ◽  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
The State ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Developmental Trends ◽  
Social Forms ◽  
State Of The Field

This chapter reviews the literature pertaining to change in relational and other forms of nonphysical aggression across the lifespan. We attempt to summarize the state of the field by examining developmental trends, stabilities of behavior, and developmental trajectories of behavior. Note that given the strong conceptual overlap in relational, indirect, and social forms of aggression, we include studies that focus on any of these three forms of aggression. As the number of studies actually examining the developmental trajectories in these behaviors remains sparse, particularly when compared to what is known about physical aggression, we outline the limitations in the research and make suggestions for future directions of inquiry.

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