The development of social aggression and physical aggression: A narrative analysis of interpersonal conflicts

2002 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 341-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongling Xie ◽  
Robert B. Cairns ◽  
Beverley D. Cairns
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Physical Aggression ◽  
Social Aggression ◽  
Interpersonal Conflicts

The Development of Relational Aggression

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah M. Coyne ◽  
Jamie M. Ostrov
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Physical Aggression ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Social Aggression ◽  
Eating Pathology ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Developmental Context

This chapter provides an overview to The Development of Relational Aggression. It focusses on one type of nonphysical aggression—namely, relational aggression. Relational aggression is defined as behavior that is intended to harm another’s relationships or feelings of inclusion in a group. Unlike physical aggression, the scars of relational aggression are more difficult to see. However, victims (and aggressors) may experience strong and long-lasting consequences, including reduced self-esteem, loneliness, substance use, eating pathology, depression, and anxiety. The field of relational, indirect, and social aggression is introduced in this chapter and the need for research on these topics is delineated. Each chapter in the volume is briefly described and the major points summarized. Additionally, this chapter synthesizes the book as a whole and describes the need to examine these behaviors in a developmental context.

Aggressive Behaviors in Social Interaction and Developmental Adaptation: A Narrative Analysis of Interpersonal Conflicts During Early Adolescence

2002 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongling Xie ◽  
Dylan J. Swift ◽  
Beverley D. Cairns ◽  
Robert B. Cairns
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Early Adolescence ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Aggressive Behaviors ◽  
Interpersonal Conflicts

scholarly journals No sex differences in the origins of covariation between social and physical aggression

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (15) ◽  
pp. 2515-2523
Author(s):  
Brooke L. Slawinski ◽  
Kelly L. Klump ◽  
S. Alexandra Burt
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Physical Aggression ◽  
Genetic Factors ◽  
Social Aggression ◽  
Michigan State University ◽  
State University ◽  
Teacher Reports ◽  
Female Version

AbstractBackgroundPrior work has indicated both theoretical and empirical overlap between social and physical aggression. The extent to which their covariance can be explained by the same underlying genetic or environmental factors, however, remains unclear. It is also uncertain whether or how the origins of their covariance might vary across sex. The current study sought to fill these gaps in the literature.MethodsWe examined maternal and teacher reports of youth physical and social aggression in over 1000 6–10 years old (mean age = 8.02 years) twin pairs from the Michigan State University Twin Registry. We made use of the bivariate correlated factors model to clarify the origins of their association. We further tested both sex difference and no-sex difference versions of that model to determine whether there are sex differences in the association between social and physical aggression, as often assumed.ResultsThe covariation between social and physical aggression was due to overlapping genetic factors and common environmental conditions. Specifically, 50–57% of the genetic factors, 74–100% of the shared environmental factors, and 28–40% of the unique environmental factors influencing physical aggression also influenced social aggression according to both mother and teacher reports. These shared etiological factors did not differ across sex.ConclusionsThese findings argue against the common assumption that social aggression is the ‘female version’ of male physical aggression, and instead suggest that social aggression may be best conceptualized as a form of antisocial behavior that shares developmental pathways with other manifestations of externalizing pathology.

Prednisolone Blocks Extreme Intermale Social Aggression in Seizure-Induced, Brain-Damaged Rats: Implications for the Amygdaloid Central Nucleus, Corticotrophin-Releasing Factor, and Electrical Seizures

1995 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. W. Bedard ◽  
M. A. Persinger
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Physical Aggression ◽  
Social Aggression ◽  
Central Nucleus ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Corticotrophin Releasing Factor

In two separate blocks of experiments, the extreme within-group aggression which is typically associated with limbic seizure-induced brain Injury in male rats was attenuated or abolished within two days by the administration of prednisolone in the water supply. The effect was specific to the aggression and was not simulated by dexamethasone. The results support the hypothesis that interference with inhibitory inputs to the central nucleus of the amygdala and the enhanced stimulation by corticotrophin-releasing factor facilitates physical aggression within groups of male rats. Potential relevance to curbing aggression (“conflict”) between groups of male humans is discussed.

scholarly journals Adolescent Mental Health Following Exposure to Positive and Harsh Parenting in Childhood

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 392-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mila Kingsbury ◽  
Ewa Sucha ◽  
Ian Manion ◽  
Stephen E. Gilman ◽  
Ian Colman
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Physical Aggression ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Social Aggression ◽  
Positive Parenting ◽  
Harsh Parenting ◽  
Harsh Discipline ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
The Impact

Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to assess longitudinal associations between positive and harsh parenting in childhood and adolescent mental and behavioral difficulties. Methods: Data were drawn from Canada’s population-based National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (data collected from 1994 to 2009, analyzed 2018). The sample included 9,882 adolescents aged 12/13 years old. Parents self-reported positive and harsh parenting when children were 6/7, 8/9, and 10/11 years old. Symptoms of depression/anxiety, hyperactivity, physical aggression, social aggression, and suicidal ideation were self-reported by adolescents at age 12/13. Linear regression was used to examine the associations between parenting behaviors at each age and adolescent psychiatric symptoms, adjusted for children’s baseline symptoms. Results: Harsh parenting at 10/11 was associated with elevated symptoms of early-adolescent physical aggression, social aggression, and suicidal ideation for boys only, and for all children at earlier ages. Beginning at age 8/9, harsh discipline was associated with elevated symptoms of depression/anxiety for boys only. Overall, positive parenting at age 6/7 was protective against depression/anxiety, physical aggression, and social aggression. Significant sex differences emerged beginning at age 8/9, with positive parenting associated with higher symptoms of depression/anxiety for boys only. Positive parenting at age 10/11 was associated with increased depression/anxiety, physical aggression, social aggression, and suicidal ideation among boys, but decreased symptoms of physical aggression, social aggression, and suicidal ideation among girls. Conclusions: Results suggest that the impact of positive and harsh parenting may depend on age and sex, with harsh parenting being more detrimental to boys as they approach adolescence.

Staging social aggression

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann-Carita Evaldsson ◽  
Johanna Svahn
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Conversation Analysis ◽  
Physical Aggression ◽  
Moral Status ◽  
Social Aggression ◽  
Sociocultural Context ◽  
Membership Categorization ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Over Time

Drawing on ethnomethodological conversation analysis integrated with ethnographic approaches, we examine the organizing force and normative character of anger and aggression as jointly configured in the affective stances and moral actions displayed in the sequential and sociocultural context of an elaborated gossip event. Analytic attention is on the constitutive role of affect displays and membership categorization in mobilizing negative affect and evaluative actions toward a targeted girl leading ultimately to direct and verbal and physical confrontations. The analysis highlights how collaboratively performed affect displays (high-pitched voices, exaggerated faces, response cries, bodily re-enactments, laughter) and animated performances intensify reported insults (actual and imagined) and negative categorization of person and thus are mobilized in taking up oppositional stances and strengthening in-group alignments. It is found that the moral status of the targeted girl as a familiar ‘offender’ is incorporated into the affective moral stances and negative membership categorizations displayed in the moment-to-moment interactions, which in turn affect how and why the particular girl, cumulatively and over time, becomes a customary target of the others’ verbal and physical aggression.  

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