TY - JOUR PY - 2006// TI - Acceptance patterns of retaliatory aggression among adjudicated youth by sex and race JO - Psychological reports A1 - Haff, Darlene Wright A1 - Floyd, H. Hugh A1 - Shinn, Lauren Keel SP - 335 EP - 342 VL - 99 IS - 2 N2 - This study investigates sex and race differences in normative beliefs about the acceptability of aggression across dimensions of severity of provocation (weak versus strong) and sex of provoker (male versus female). Students in the sample of 311 included those required to attend three Department of Youth Services schools after placement by the juvenile court system from across the state of Alabama (N=392). Results show that males were significantly more likely than females to approve of retaliation to weak provocation and against females. There were no significant differences between males and females for retaliation with strong provocation and against males. Results also show the Black group was significantly more likely than the White group to approve of retaliation to weak provocation, strong provocation, and against females.

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