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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
arts and humanities
Boys' and Girls' Relational and Physical Aggression in Nine Countries
Aggressive Behavior, Volume 38, No. 4, Year 2012
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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.
Authors & Co-Authors
Skinner, Ann T.
United States, Durham
Duke University
Sorbring, Emma
Sweden, Trollhattan
Högskolan Väst
Di Giunta, Laura
Italy, Rome
Sapienza Università Di Roma
Deater-Deckard, Kirby D.
United States, Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Dodge, Kenneth A.
United States, Durham
Duke University
Malone, Patrick S.
United States, Columbia
University of South Carolina
Oburu, Paul Odhiambo
Kenya, Maseno
Maseno University
Pastorelli, Concetta
Italy, Rome
Sapienza Università Di Roma
Tapanya, Sombat
Thailand, Chaing Mai
Chiang Mai University
Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria
Italy, Rome
Sapienza Università Di Roma
Colombia, Bogota
Universidad de San Buenaventura, Bogota
Zelli, Arnaldo
Italy, Rome
Università Degli Studi Di Roma Foro Italico
al-Hassan, Suha M.
Jordan, Zarqa
Hashemite University
Alampay, Liane Peña
Philippines, Quezon City
Ateneo de Manila University
Bacchini, Dario
Italy, Naples
Università Degli Studi Della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Bombi, Anna Silvia
Italy, Rome
Sapienza Università Di Roma
Bornstein, Marc H.
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Nichd
Chang, Lei
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Statistics
Citations: 251
Authors: 17
Affiliations: 14
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/ab.21433
ISSN:
0096140X
e-ISSN:
10982337
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Study Locations
Kenya
Participants Gender
Male
Female