A Longitudinal Study of Relational Aggression and Victimisation in Early Adolescence: Gender Differences in the Moderating Effects of Social Status

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Journal of Relationships Research Pub Date : 2016-08-02 DOI:10.1017/jrr.2016.9

Samantha Ferguson, M. Zimmer‐Gembeck, Amanda L. Duffy

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Abstract

Relational aggression is defined as behaviours intended to harm others by damaging their relationships. Drawing from two theoretical perspectives, the social process model and the peer socialisation model, we tested how relational aggression and victimisation could influence each other over time, and examined peer status and gender as moderators of these bidirectional associations. We hypothesised that aggression would lead to increasing victimisation and victimisation to increasing aggression, and that the association from aggression to later victimisation would be weaker for more popular and preferred youth, especially girls. Participants were 328 Australian early adolescents (172 boys, 156 girls) in Grades 5, 6 or 7, who nominated classmates who were aggressive, victimised, popular, and preferred. Results showed support for the role of status and gender in the bidirectional associations between aggression and victimisation. Relational aggression was associated with more T2 relational victimisation only among adolescents who were low in popularity and among girls with low social preference. Victimisation was associated with T2 aggressive behaviour among more popular girls. Relational victimisation was also associated with less T2 aggression among popular boys. Findings highlight the complexities introduced by gender and social status for the unfolding of early adolescent relational aggression and victimisation.

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青少年早期关系攻击与受害的纵向研究:社会地位调节作用的性别差异

关系攻击被定义为意图通过破坏他人关系来伤害他人的行为。从社会过程模型和同伴社会化模型两个理论角度，我们测试了关系攻击和受害如何随着时间的推移相互影响，并研究了同伴地位和性别作为这些双向关联的调节因子。我们假设攻击性会导致越来越多的受害者，而受害者又会导致越来越多的攻击性，并且对于更受欢迎和更受欢迎的年轻人，尤其是女孩来说，从攻击到后来的受害者的联系会更弱。参与者是328名澳大利亚五年级、六年级或七年级的青少年(172名男孩，156名女孩)，他们提名的同学中有攻击性的、受害的、受欢迎的和受欢迎的。结果表明，地位和性别在攻击和受害之间的双向关联中所起的作用是支持的。只有在受欢迎程度较低的青少年和社会偏好较低的女孩中，关系攻击才与更多的T2关系受害相关。在更受欢迎的女孩中，受害与T2攻击行为有关。在受欢迎的男孩中，关系受害也与较少的T2攻击有关。研究结果强调了性别和社会地位对青少年早期关系攻击和受害行为的复杂性。

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