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Boys' and Girls' Relational and Physical Aggression in Nine Countries
Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.
Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.
University West, Department of Social and Behavioural Studies, Division of Psychology and Organisation Studies.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3328-6538
Rome University 'La Sapienza'.
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2012 (English)In: Aggressive Behavior, ISSN 0096-140X, E-ISSN 1098-2337, Vol. 38, no 4, p. 298-308Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Distinguishing between relational and physical aggression has become a key feature of many developmental studies in North America and Western Europe, but very little information is available on relational and physical aggression in more diverse cultural contexts. This study examined the factor structure of, associations between, and gender differences in relational and physical aggression in China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States. Children ages 7-10 years (N = 1,410) reported on their relationally and physically aggressive behavior. Relational and physical aggression shared a common factor structure across countries. In all nine countries, relational and physical aggression were significantly correlated (average r = .49). Countries differed in the mean levels of both relational and physical aggression that children reported using and with respect to whether children reported using more physical than relational aggression or more relational than physical aggression. Boys reported being more physically aggressive than girls across all nine countries; no consistent gender differences emerged in relational aggression. Despite mean-level differences in relational and physical aggression across countries, the findings provided support for cross-country similarities in associations between relational and physical aggression as well as links between gender and aggression. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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2012. Vol. 38, no 4, p. 298-308
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Cross-cultural, Gender, International, Physical aggression, Relational aggression
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Psychology
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SOCIAL SCIENCE, Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-4519DOI: 10.1002/ab.21433ISI: 000305178100006Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84862330203OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-4519DiVA, id: diva2:542486
Available from: 2012-08-01 Created: 2012-08-01 Last updated: 2019-02-20Bibliographically approved

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