“We're not gonna be friends anymore”: Associations between viewing relational aggression on television and relational aggression in text messaging during adolescence

‘‘We’re Not Friends Anymore! Unlessy’’: The Frequency and Harmfulness of Indirect, Relational, and Social Aggression

The frequency of items of indirect, relational, social, verbal, and physical aggression was assessed in the school environment of 422 adolescents, using the Indirect/Social/Relational Aggression scale (ISRA), a measure that combined items from indirect, relational, and social aggression research. We also assessed the perceived harmfulness of each item. Comparing these findings with the occurren...

Relational aggression: not just a female issue.

Physical and relational aggression in early adolescence: associations with narcissism, temperament, and social goals.

This study examined adolescent narcissism, temperament (frustration and affiliation), and social goals in association with peer-reported physical and relational aggression (N = 384; 12-14 years). Narcissism was positively associated with dominance goals and negatively with closeness goals for peer interaction. Moreover, narcissism was positively associated with physical aggression via dominance...

Mitigating Relational Aggression Using Visualizations

Peer influence has long been recognized as one of the key factors in many of the social health issues that affect young people. To study peer relationships, scientists use self-report surveys that impose limitations on what can be concluded from the data and that do not allow for immediate intervention. Nowadays, the increase in use of computers for communication provides new ways of studying g...

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

Two longitudinal studies examined associations between relational aggression and friendship quality during adolescence. In Study 1, 62 adolescents in Grades 6 (25.8%), 7 (32.3%), and 8 (41.9%) completed assessments of friendship affiliations, relational and overt aggression, and friendship quality at 2 time points, 1 year apart. Results using actor partner interdependence modeling indicated tha...