TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Relational aggression victimization as a predictor of middle-school girls' self-disclosure to peers
JO  - Violence and victims
A1  - Jones, Jayme L.
A1  - Kahn, Jeffrey H.
A1  - Sullivan, Samantha DeHaan
SP  - 54
EP  - 67
VL  - 35
IS  - 1
N2  - Being a victim of relational aggression is associated with many negative outcomes among adolescent girls, and diminished self-disclosure to peers may be one of them. Given this possibility, it is important to examine potential mediators of this relation. Middle-school girls (<i>N</i> = 180) completed paper-and-pencil measures of relational aggression victimization, self-disclosure to their peer group, and four potential mediators-outcome expectations about self-disclosure, loneliness, social anxiety, and self-esteem. Negative outcome expectations about disclosure and loneliness were significant mediators of the relation between being a victim of relational aggression and self-disclosing to the peer group. Despite the limitations of these cross-sectional data, the present findings suggest that relational aggression is associated with diminished disclosure to others because victimized girls experience heightened loneliness and because they believe that self-disclosure will lead to negative outcomes.<br><br>© Copyright 2020 Springer Publishing Company, LLC.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-6708
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-18-00085
ID  - ref1
ER  -