@article{ref1,
title="Pacifists and revenge-seekers in response to unambiguous peer provocation",
journal="Journal of youth and adolescence",
year="2018",
author="McDonald, Kristina L. and Asher, Steven R.",
volume="47",
number="9",
pages="1907-1925",
abstract="In order to better understand why some children retaliate when they feel provoked and others do not, the present study identified &quot;pacifistically-oriented&quot; children who made negative interpretations in response to unambiguous provocations, yet did not endorse revenge goals, and compared them to &quot;revenge-seeking&quot; children who also made negative interpretations but did endorse revenge goals. Groups were identified based on seventh graders' (N = 367; 54.77% male; 22.89% racial/ethnic minority) responses to hypothetical situations in which a peer excluded and insulted them. Comparing these groups revealed that Pacifists endorsed relationship-maintaining goals and emotion regulation goals more highly than Revenge-Seekers. Revenge-Seekers reported more anger and endorsed beliefs about negative reciprocity and aggression being legitimate more highly than Pacifists. Additionally, Revenge-Seekers were more disrespect sensitive than were Pacifists, based on a measure of vigilance for signs of disrespect and expectations that others would disrespect them. Together these findings point to social-cognitive and emotion-related processes that may inhibit revenge-seeking in unambiguous provocation situations, even when children interpret the peer's behavior quite negatively.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0047-2891",
doi="10.1007/s10964-017-0767-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-017-0767-4"
}