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Shyness, Unsociability, and Social Avoidance during Early Adolescence: Associations with Peer Relationships and Aggression
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Eggum, Natalie D.; Zhang, Linlin; An, Danming; Xu, Jingyi; Clifford, Brandon N.; Costa, Megan – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2022
We investigated how 5th-8th graders' self- and peer-identified withdrawal motivations predicted peer-reported peer relationships and aggression. Participants (N = 221; 47% male) provided self-reports and peer-nomination data (we analyzed 339 students' nominations). We hypothesized shyness, unsociability, and avoidance would predict low peer liking…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
It's "Mean," but What Does It Mean to Adolescents? Relational Aggression Described by Victims, Aggressors, and Their Peers
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Pronk, Rhiarne E.; Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie J. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2010
Early adolescent girls and boys (N = 33) with known histories of relational aggression and/or victimization gave detailed accounts of the nature, frequency, intensity, course, and impact of relational aggression among their peers. They also described reasons for, and forms of, aggression after being prompted by a series of hypothetical vignettes.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Bullying, Early Adolescents, Sexual Identity