Relational Aggression in Middle School

2004 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jina S. Yoon ◽  
Elizabeth Barton ◽  
Jennifer Taiariol
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Relational Aggression

Instrumental and reactive functions and overt and relational forms of aggression

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 514-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiina Ojanen ◽  
Sarah Kiefer
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Growth Modeling ◽  
Instrumental Aggression ◽  
Relational Form ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Overt Form ◽  
Instrumental Reasons

This study examined the development of adolescent self-reported instrumental-overt, instrumental-relational, reactive-overt, and reactive-relational aggression during middle school ( N = 384; 12–14 years; 53% boys). Growth modeling indicated average increases in instrumental-relational aggression, and decreases in reactive-overt and reactive-instrumental aggression over time. Further, overt and relational aggression driven by reactive reasons (functions) predicted gains in aggression driven by instrumental reasons, and overt form of aggression predicted increases in relational form of aggression across time.

Relational Aggression Victimization as a Predictor of Middle-School Girls' Self-Disclosure to Peers

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-67
Author(s):  
Jayme L. Jones ◽  
Jeffrey H. Kahn ◽  
Samantha DeHaan Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Outcome Expectations ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Negative Outcomes ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Middle School Girls ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
School Girls

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 (N = 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.

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