The findings show that the girls demonstrated higher levels of relational aggression that boys and that
relational aggressive children demonstrated high levels of language skill and social competence.
Not exact matches
To address these limitations, we investigated how enduring
relational adversity (e.g. chronic rejection, victimization) and / or advantage (e.g. stable peer acceptance, friendships) interfaced with
children's
aggressive dispositions to influence their adjustment.
Moreover, compared to early onset, the chronicity of
children's
aggressive risk status and history of exposure to
relational stressors / supports bore a stronger association to changes in maladjustment.
Person - oriented analyses comparing
children who were
aggressive but had different
relational risk / support histories (ARR group: higher ratio of
relational stressors to supports; ARS group: higher ratio of supports to stressors) and
children who were not at risk (RF group: risk free) revealed that only the ARR group showed significant increases in psychological and school maladjustment trajectories across the early grades.
To address these limitations, we investigated how enduring
relational adversity (e.g. chronic rejection, victimization) and / or advantage (e.g. stable peer acceptance, friendships) interfaced with
children's
aggressive dispositions to influence their adjustment.6 Variable - oriented analyses yielded findings consistent with an additive
child by environment model: with few exceptions, participation in peer relationships predicted adjustment beyond
children's
aggressive risk status.
Some evidence supported a moderated
child by environment model in that
relational adversity or advantage appeared to exacerbate or compensate for dysfunctions linked with
aggressive dispositions.
A multimethod, multi-informant, short - term longitudinal study was conducted to investigate the utility of including school - based observational assessments of both form (i.e., physical and
relational) and function (i.e., proactive and reactive) of
aggressive behavior at school with a young sample during early childhood (132
children; M = 44.37 months; SD = 9.88).
According to Crick,
relational aggressive girls are disliked more than most
children their age.
For example, a
relational aggressive girl may insist that her friends ignore a particular
child, exclude her from their group, form secret pacts to humiliate the
child, call her names, and / or spread rumors about her.
Relationally and physically
aggressive children's intent attributions and feelings of distress for
relational and instrumental provocations