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ERIC Number: EJ750227
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Nov
Pages: 12
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
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Shared Targets for Aggression by Early Adolescent Friends
Card, Noel A.; Hodges, Ernest V. E.
Developmental Psychology, v42 n6 p1327-1338 Nov 2006
Similarity in early adolescent friends' general aggressiveness is well known, but questions remain regarding the degree to which friends aggress against the same victims. The authors examined this by administering the newly created Dyadic Aggression and Victimization Inventory to 417 sixth- through eighth-grade boys and girls (53%). Friends were found to share more targets for aggression than nonfriends, even after general levels of aggression were controlled (all ps less than 0.05). Moreover, greater sharing of targets with friends relative to nonfriends was more pronounced among aggressive youths than nonaggressive youths, especially among aggressive youths' best friends relative to their other friends. Generally, these findings were similar across boys and girls as well as among older and younger youths. Implications of these findings and directions for future research are discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8
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Language: English
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