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- Title
Relational Aggression in Women during Emerging Adulthood: A Social Process Model.
- Authors
Ostrov, Jamie M.; Hart, Emily J.; Kamper, Kimberly E.; Godleski, Stephanie A.
- Abstract
Two studies investigated potential mediators of the association between relational victimization and relational aggression. Self-report measures of aggressive behavior among peers, exclusivity, hostile attribution biases, and borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptoms were collected. In study 1, participants were 180 female emerging adults ( M = 18.82, SD = 1.18). Both exclusivity and hostile attribution biases for relational provocations were found to partially mediate the association between relational victimization and relational aggression. In study 2, participants were 54 female emerging adults ( M = 19.16, SD = 1.11). Symptoms of BPD were not found to mediate the association between relational victimization and relational aggression, yet unique associations with relational aggression were observed. The results add to recent research guided by a social process model in which links between victimization and aggression are more clearly understood. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGY of adults; AGGRESSION (Psychology) in adolescence; BORDERLINE personality disorder; CRIME victims; SOCIAL perception; VIOLENT women
- Publication
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 2011, Vol 29, Issue 5, p695
- ISSN
0735-3936
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bsl.1002