Relational benefits of relational aggression: Adaptive and maladaptive associations with adolescent friendship quality.

This study investigated the role of perceived parental psychological control and warmth in college students’ friendship quality and use of relational aggression with peers. College students ( N = 237) completed self-report measures assessing their relational aggression, friendship quality, and parents’ perceived use of psychological control and warmth. As predicted, college students’ relational aggression partially mediated the relation between perceived parental psychological control and friendship quality. Moderation analyses indicated that perceived parental warmth exacerbated the negative effects of perceived parental psychological control on college students’ relational aggression and friendship quality. Thus, perceived parental psychological control is associated with students’ elevated relational aggression and poor friendship quality, especially when parents are viewed as warm as accepting.

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Relational Aggression in Middle Childhood Predicting Adolescent Social-Psychological Adjustment: The Role of Friendship Quality

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology ◽

10.1080/15374416.2013.844595 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 42 (6) ◽

pp. 855-862 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Kimberly E. Kamper ◽

Jamie M. Ostrov

Keyword(s):

Relational Aggression ◽

Psychological Adjustment ◽

Middle Childhood ◽

Friendship Quality ◽

Social Psychological

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Predictors of dyadic friendship quality in adolescence

International Journal of Behavioral Development ◽

10.1080/01650250444000360 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 165-172 ◽

Cited By ~ 77

Author(s):

Antonius H. N. Cillessen ◽

X. Lu Jiang ◽

Tessa V. West ◽

Dagmara K. Laszkowski

Keyword(s):

Relational Aggression ◽

Peer Relations ◽

Friendship Quality ◽

Prosocial Behaviour ◽

Five Dimensions ◽

Actor Partner Interdependence Model ◽

Self Reports ◽

Partner Perceptions ◽

Peer Nominations ◽

Peer Reports

Five dimensions of friendship quality (conflict, closeness, companionship, helping, and security) were predicted from self-reports and peer reports of physical aggression, relational aggression, and prosocial behaviour, using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (Kenny & Acitelli, 2001). Participants were 224 adolescents aged 15–17 years (142 girls, 82 boys) who formed 112 unique same-sex best friend dyads. Significant actor and partner effects were found for both self-ratings and peer nominations of social behaviour and the five friendship qualities. Aggression was associated with self and partner perceptions of friendship conflict and low positive friendship qualities. Prosocial behaviour was associated with self and partner perceptions of positive friendship qualities and low conflict. The findings of this study were mostly consistent between male and female dyads. The importance of examining dependence due to dyads in peer relations research was discussed.

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Relations Between Parental Management of Peers and Adolescent Friendship Quality and Loneliness

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e416902005-419 ◽

2003 ◽

Author(s):

Shelley A. Silvers ◽

Nina S. Mounts

Keyword(s):

Friendship Quality ◽

Parental Management ◽

Adolescent Friendship

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Friendship Quality: Role in the Relationship Between Peer Victimisation and Psychopathology

The Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist ◽

10.1375/aedp.28.1.15 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 15-32

Author(s):

Alicia M. Piteo ◽

Lisa J. Kettler

Keyword(s):

Relational Aggression ◽

Peer Relations ◽

South Australia ◽

Friendship Quality ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Primary School Children ◽

Future Research ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Different Types ◽

The Relationship

This cross-sectional study explored the moderating influence of friendship quality and gender in the relationship between psychopathology and different types of victimisation experienced by primary school children. Five hundred and sixty-six children (n= 264 males;n= 302 females) with a mean age of 11.61 years (SD= 1.10) in Adelaide, South Australia completed the Peer Relations Questionnaire, the Relational Aggression Scale, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire and the Friendship Quality Questionnaire. Neither overall friendship quality nor gender moderated the relationship between either direct or relational victimisation and psychopathology. However, ‘conflict and betrayal’ moderated the relationship between relational victimisation and psychopathology. For high levels of conflict and betrayal the relationship between relational victimisation and psychopathology was stronger for boys than girls. Possibly, a particular aspect of friendship quality may be more protective in the relationship between different types of victimisation and psychopathology. Implications of these results and suggestions for future research are considered.

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