TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - It’s "Mean," But What Does It Mean to Adolescents? Relational Aggression Described by Victims, Aggressors, and Their Peers
JO  - Journal of adolescent research
A1  - Pronk, R. E.
A1  - Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie J.
SP  - 175
EP  - 204
VL  - 25
IS  - 2
N2  - Early adolescent girls and boys (N = 33) with known histories of relational aggression and/or victimization gave detailed accounts of the nature, frequency, intensity, course, and impact of relational aggression among their peers. They also described reasons for, and forms of, aggression after being prompted by a series of hypothetical vignettes. Despite identifying many forms of aggression that were similar for girls and boys, some sex differences were found; girls were described as experiencing more victimization within close friendships than boys, with a focus on maintaining exclusivity. Boys described exclusion from larger groups with themes of masculinity, athletic skill, and/or perceived sexual identity. Girls’ and boys’ perceptions about the motivations for these different forms of relational aggression were quite similar. These included power, popularity, and wanting to fit in as well as the aggressors’ emotional states and the victims’ characteristics.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0743-5584
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0743558409350504
ID  - ref1
ER  -