TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - A short-term longitudinal study of growth of relational aggression during middle childhood: associations with gender, friendship intimacy, and internalizing problems
JO  - Development and psychopathology
A1  - Murray-Close, Dianna
A1  - Ostrov, Jamie M.
A1  - Crick, Nicki R.
SP  - 187
EP  - 203
VL  - 19
IS  - 1
N2  - Trajectories of relational aggression were examined in a large, diverse sample of fourth-grade students. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to examine relational aggression over 1 calendar year. The results indicated that relational aggression increased in a linear fashion for girls over the course of the study. In addition, increases in friend intimate exchange were associated with time-dependent increases in relational aggression among girls only. Relational aggression and internalizing "tracked" together across the course of the study. Overall, the findings suggest relational aggression becomes increasingly common among elementary school girls, and girls' close, dyadic relationships may fuel relationally aggressive behavior in some contexts. Finally, the results indicate that relational aggression trajectories are dynamically associated with maladjustment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0954-5794
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579407070101
ID  - ref1
ER  -