Early Risk Predictors of Girls ’ Indirect Aggression from Childhood to Early Adolescence in an At-Risk Sample

< h3 class= " a-plus-plus " > Abstract < /h3 > < p class= " a-plus-plus " > The present study aimed first to examine the trajectories of indirect aggression among girls from disadvantaged neighborhoods from childhood ( < em class= " a-plus-plus " > M < /em > < sub class= " a-plus-plus " > age < /sub >  = 8.38, < em class= " a-plus-plus " > SD < /em >  = .91, range = 6.58–10.25) to early adolescence ( < em class= " a-plus-plus " > M < /em > < sub class= " a-plus-plus " > age < /sub >  = 11.28, < em class= " a-plus-plus " > SD < /em >  = .93, range = 9.33–13.83), after controlling for physical aggression. Second, it aimed to identify possible individual, family, and peer risk factors, assessed in the early school years, which predispose subgroups of girls to use indirect aggression in an intense and persistent way. Thre e trajectories of indirect aggression were identified: 18.9 % ( < em class= " a-plus-plus " > n < /em >  = 57) of the girls followed a trajectory that started out at the mean and then increased (“mean-increasing”), 44.5 % ( < em class= " a-plus-plus " > n < /em >  = 134) of the girls followed a trajectory that started out at the mean and then decreased (“mean-decreasing”), and 36.5 % ( < em class= " a-plus-plus " > n < /em >  = 110) of the girls followed a trajectory that started out below the mean and then decreased (“low-decreasing”). Results from univariate analyses suggest that individual, family and pee...

Source: Sex Roles - July 12, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research