Open AccessPhysical, verbal, and indirect aggression: Gender differences
Author(s) -
Rita Žukauskienė
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
psichologija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2345-0061
pISSN - 1392-0359
DOI - 10.15388/psichol.1999..4440
Subject(s) - aggression , verbal aggression , psychology , developmental psychology , injury prevention , poison control , clinical psychology , medicine , medical emergency
Gender differences regarding aggressive behaviour were investigated in 154 school children three age cohorts: 8-9, 11-12, 13-14-year-olds through peer rating technique DIAS (Lagerspetz, Björkqvist, 1992, Björkqvist, Österman, Kaukiainen, 1992).The principal finding was that girls made greater use of indirect means of aggression, whereas the boys tended to employ direct means of physical and verbal aggression. Indirect aggressive strategies were not fully developed among the 8-9 boys and girls, but they were already prominent among the 11-12 boys and girls, and much more developed among the 13-14 years-old girls.