NDLI: Powerlessness and the Use of Indirect Aggression in Friendships

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Duncan, Lauren Owen Smith, Ashli
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	Aggression in girls, especially indirect aggression perpetrated by girls toward other girls, has received increasing attention in the popular press. Various explanations have been offered to explain why girls might use indirect methods more so than boys, including both biological and social explanations. We tested a social contextual explanation; that is, that powerlessness is associated with the use of indirect aggression strategies. Power was conceptualized as both an individual difference variable and as an interpersonal variable. In two studies, we found that for both men and women, lack of power in same gender friendships (defined as anxiety about one’s status in friendships) was associated with greater use of indirect aggression strategies. Further, individual differences in deferent personality characteristics and lack of relational control in a friendship were unrelated to the use of indirect aggression.
Starting Page	493
Ending Page	502
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03600025
Journal	Sex Roles
Volume Number	55
Issue Number	7-8
e-ISSN	15732762
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Publisher Date	2006-11-22
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Indirect aggression Gender differences Power Friendships Anthropology Sociology Interdisciplinary Studies Sexual Behavior Personality & Social Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Gender Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology Social Psychology

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