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Relational Aggression in Women during Emerging Adulthood: A Social Process Model
Author(s) -
Ostrov Jamie M.,
Hart Emily J.,
Kamper Kimberly E.,
Godleski Stephanie A.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
behavioral sciences and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1099-0798
pISSN - 0735-3936
DOI - 10.1002/bsl.1002
Subject(s) - aggression , attribution , psychology , association (psychology) , attribution bias , human factors and ergonomics , borderline personality disorder , poison control , injury prevention , personality , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , medicine , medical emergency , psychotherapist
Two studies investigated potential mediators of the association between relational victimization and relational aggression. Self‐report measures of aggressive behavior among peers, exclusivity, hostile attribution biases, and borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptoms were collected. In study 1, participants were 180 female emerging adults ( M = 18.82, SD = 1.18). Both exclusivity and hostile attribution biases for relational provocations were found to partially mediate the association between relational victimization and relational aggression. In study 2, participants were 54 female emerging adults ( M = 19.16, SD = 1.11). Symptoms of BPD were not found to mediate the association between relational victimization and relational aggression, yet unique associations with relational aggression were observed. The results add to recent research guided by a social process model in which links between victimization and aggression are more clearly understood. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.