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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"social aggression"”.
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Cyberbullying, Relational, and Social Aggression
<p>Cyberbullying is a relatively new phenomenon that has only begun to be significantly investigated within the last decade. To date, researchers have failed to develop a uniform definition or determine appropriate terminology. These deficits have inhibited a comprehensive understanding of the …
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Young women's narrative accounts of experiencing social aggression in adolescence
The past decade has seen a rise in research on social, relational and indirect aggression, with a burgeoning focus only recently on the psychosocial consequences of being a target of such behaviours. It is widely understood that experiencing social aggression can trigger internal distress for …
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The effectiveness of a classroom-based intervention for social aggression
… was sufficient to alter behaviors related to socially aggressive behaviors of fourth grade students. The treatment manual for this intervention was developed by Pamela McDonald Schaber and Daniel Hoard (Schaber and Hoard, 2006), following a review of the literature on ecological intervention …
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Just Deserts: The Moral Foundations of Antagonistic Personality in Social Aggression
<p>Social aggression is associated with adverse psychosocial consequences such as anxiety, depression, isolation, reciprocal violence, and suicidality (Zhu et al., 2024). Psychopathic personality traits and moral deficits have been linked to antisocial behavior, including social aggression; …
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A Psychoanalytic Inquiry into Social Aggression as a Form of Bullying among Female Students
… research covered indirect, relational, and social forms of aggression. Research into the covert manners of aggression that involved the manipulation of relationships revealed them to be salient among female students, demonstrating that female students were predominantly aggressive in a …
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The Perception of Social Aggression and Its Consequences on College Women's Same Gender Friendships
… the perceptions that college age women have of social aggression and its consequences in their lives. Qualitative research methods were used to analyze written narrative responses to a question posed to women enrolled in a human sexuality class at Virginia Tech. Although 83 narrative responses …
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Identifying Dysfunction in Persistent Social Deviance: Perspective Taking as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Psychopathy and Social Aggression
Psychopathy has been associated with social aggression in a number of studies. Perspective taking (e.g. theory of mind and empathy) has been inversely associated with both psychopathy and social aggression, suggesting that it may serve as a potential mediator of this relationship. Structural …
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Relational Aggression, Social Aggression, and Antisocial Personality Features: An Investigation of Bullying Behavior in a Sample of Juvenile Offenders
Bullying is a destructive subtype of aggression that can take direct and indirect forms. This study investigated relationships between two indirect forms of bullying (relational aggression and social aggression), the aggressor's level of interpersonal maturity, and antisocial personality features …
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You Don't Have to Get Hit to Get Hurt: Social Aggression on Television and Its Relationship to Children's Aggression in the Classroom
… was to examine the amount and nature of social aggression in programs popular with children and to assess whether exposure to socially aggressive content was related to similar behaviors in children. Two studies were conducted to comprehensively explore this phenomenon. The first study …
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Indirect Bullying and Conflict Management Skills in Childhood and Adolescence
<p>In this study, the Young Adult Social Behavior Scale (YASB) and Conflict Resolution Scale (CRS) measures were administered to students from three private middle and high schools in the mid-Atlantic US as part of a larger study regarding the effects of a group counseling curriculum in reducing …
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Examining Relational Aggression and Conflict Resolution Skills In Overtly Aggressive Non-Caucasian Females
… to examine the differences in relational and social aggression for a non-Caucasian adolescent at-risk population across three different groups. Specifically, the study seeks to determine if the Goodwill Girls Curriculum will decrease covert bullying behaviors (i.e., relational and social …
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The Use of Relational, Social, and Overt Aggression in Overtly-Aggressive and Non-Overtly-Aggressive Females
… differences existed in the use of relational, social, and overt aggression among previously-identified-overtly-aggressive and non-overtly-aggressive female adolescents. Specifically, explored were the relationships among types of aggression (overtly-aggressive and non-overtly-aggressive), age …
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PEER GROUP SOCIALIZATION OF AGGRESSION IN EARLY ADOLESCENCE: SOCIAL STATUS, GROUP CHARACTERISTICS, AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
… in shaping and supporting group members' antisocial behavior (e.g., aggression), researchers have focused on the influence of group norms on individuals' behavior. Two potential aspects of variability have been neglected: peers in a group would vary in the strength of influences on …
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EFFECTS OF SOCIAL DOMINANCE ON THE MORPHOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY OF THE DIENCEPHALIC POSTERIOR TUBERCULAR DOPAMINERGIC NUCLEUS IN ZEBRAFISH (DANIO RERIO)
Social aggression is common amongst social species. It is used to establish dominance hierarchies and allocate resources crucial for survival. While aggression can stabilize social structure, it often leads to social stress among group members, and the resulting neurobiological consequences on …
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The Duality of Identities and Groups: The Effects of Status Homophily on Social Interactions and Relations
… and racial stereotypes are a pervasive aspect of social life arising from the consolidation of resources, statuses, and social roles and identities at the population level. They are widely shared group-level associations that influence how we perceive ourselves and others. Understanding how …
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The Moderating Role of Body Appreciation on the Feminine Ideology and Aggression
… ideology, body appreciation, and indirect aggression reported within a sample of female adolescents. Social learning theorists posit that girls are socialized and reinforced to utilize more ‘feminine,’ or covert, means by which to express their aggression in comparison to their male peers. …
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Structure of Aggression among Urban Youth: Competing Factor Models of Subtypes of Physical and Relational Aggression
Aggression has been demonstrated to pose a serious threat to the adaptive development of youth, with decades of research demonstrating the negative associations between aggression and other problem behaviors, both concurrently and predictively. However, despite this body of research, the current …
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Do Black men really love Black women? : A qualitative study on how mass media shape Black men's perception of Black women for long-term romantic relationship -- or not
… programming, featuring Black women displaying socially aggressive behavior. This calls into question whether or not media depictions of Black women further perpetuate the trope of the "angry Black woman" and make her less suitable or desirable for long-term romantic partnership. By taking a …
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Issues in the Captive Management of Hartebeest (<em>Alcelaphus buselaphus</em>)
… ofhartebeest face challenges as well, including social aggression, reproductive difficulties, and spatial constraints. Understanding the behavioral ecology of the hartebeest is therefore essential for the development of successful techniques for captive management. The goal of this research was …
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Relational aggression and popularity
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>RELATIONAL AGGRESSION AND POPULARITY</p> <p>by</p> <p>LISA WOODCOCK-BURROUGHS</p> <p>May 2012</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Jina Yoon, Ph.D.</p> <p>Major: Educational Psychology</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between …
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