There is a recent concern about some children's TV programs that
use relational aggression — name calling, put downs and exclusions — and the impact it can have negatively on how children socialise with other children.
Not exact matches
Parental alienation is a form of
relational aggression by one parent against the other parent
using their common children.
Relational aggression is a form of psychological social
aggression that
uses various forms of falsehood, secrecy, and gossip to commit covert violence.
But what about the less obvious
relational aggression, or
using relationships to control others?
Relational aggression is when a person
uses manipulation to withhold friendship as a form of punishment, or creates problems within the relationships of others in an attempt to control or punish others.
The
Relational Aggression scale measures your
use of social sabotage strategies (i.e., gossip, spreading rumors, getting people to take your side against others) and love withdrawal strategies (i.e., pouting, silent treatment, withholding affection) when trying to resolve conflict.
Hierarchical linear modeling was
used to examine
relational aggression over 1 calendar year.
Using relational - cultural and social role theories, the current study identifies the risk and promotive factors associated with adolescent female
aggression.
Aggression was measured using reliable observer and teacher reports of physical and relational aggression
Aggression was measured
using reliable observer and teacher reports of physical and
relational aggression aggression subscales.
Results show that the higher the CU raw scores, the higher the levels of CAS - total
aggression and
relational aggression, the higher the levels of CBCL withdrawn, attention, aggressive, externalizing and total scores, the higher the probability of comorbid disorders and
use of services, and the lower the level of CGAS functional impairment.
High CU levels at age 3 were predictive of higher levels of CU traits (callousness, uncaring, unemotional, total), a higher number of ODD symptoms, CAS total
aggression,
relational aggression, CBCL emotionally withdrawn, aggressive behavior, internalizing, externalizing and total scores, lower scores in functional impairment and high risk of
use of services.
This study assesses associations between mothers»
use of
relational aggression with their peers and psychological control with their children, and child adjustment in a sample of fifty U.S. mothers of elementary and middle school children.
The current study
used a developmental framework to examine peer group influence on individual levels of physical and
relational aggression over a year with 6th and 7th grade students (n = 346, 51 % female).
Findings reveal that young women
use different forms of
relational aggression, and these forms of
relational aggression provoke violence between female peers.
Maternal report of types of conduct problems in a high - risk sample of 228 boys and 80 girls (ages 4 — 18) were examined,
using a version of the Child Behavior Checklist, expanded to include a range of covert and overt antisocial items (stealing, lying, physical
aggression,
relational aggression, substance
use, and impulsivity).
Lying and substance
use increased with age, whereas
relational aggression and impulsivity peaked during early adolescence.