Relational aggression, victimization, and adjustment during middle childhood

童年中期的关系攻击、受害和调整

基本信息

批准号：
7737795
负责人：
JAMIE M OSTROV
金额：
$ 7.88万
依托单位：
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2009
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2009-08-15 至 2010-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Aggression and victimization are both risk factors for social-psychological adjustment problems and future psychopathology. The study of the developmental course of aggression and victimization among children is crucial for identifying children most at risk for future psychopathology (Cummings, Iannotti, & Zahn-Waxler, 1989; Keenan & Shaw, 1994). In children, subtypes of aggression and victimization (i.e., physical and relational) have been extensively studied and developmental psychopathologists have documented links between these behaviors and both externalizing and internalizing problems (Dodge, Coie & Lynam, 2006; Crick, Ostrov, & Kawabata, 2007). Peer relations researchers have revealed robust associations between relational aggression and victimization and hostile attribution biases, loneliness, and depressive symptoms (Crick et al., 2007). However, to date, these associations have been concurrent and possible developmental mechanisms have not been studied in prospective designs. Therefore, the proposed study will conduct a secondary data analysis of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development to test three hypotheses. We hypothesize that hostile attribution biases for relational provocations, loneliness and depressed affect with independently partially mediate the prospective associations between relational aggression and relational victimization. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The goal of this research is to better understand the types of behaviors that may be associated with maladaptive developmental trajectories for both boys and girls. The proposed research will permit the field to move closer toward understanding the developmental mechanisms that promote peer victimization and will provide implications for the development of prevention and intervention efforts during middle childhood.

描述（由申请人提供）：攻击性和受害都是社会心理适应问题和未来精神病理学的危险因素。研究儿童的攻击和受害的发展过程对于识别未来最有可能患上精神病理学的儿童至关重要（Cummings、Iannotti 和 Zahn-Waxler，1989；Keenan 和 Shaw，1994）。在儿童中，攻击和受害的亚型（即身体上的和关系上的）已被广泛研究，发展精神病理学家已经记录了这些行为与外化和内化问题之间的联系（Dodge, Coie & Lynam, 2006；Crick, Ostrov, & Kawabata， 2007）。同伴关系研究人员揭示了关系攻击和受害以及敌意归因偏差、孤独感和抑郁症状之间存在密切的关联（Crick 等，2007）。然而，迄今为止，这些关联是同时发生的，并且尚未在前瞻性设计中研究可能的发育机制。因此，本研究将对NICHD早期儿童保育和青少年发展研究进行二次数据分析，以检验三个假设。我们假设关系挑衅、孤独和抑郁情绪的敌意归因偏差独立地部分调节了关系攻击和关系受害之间的预期关联。公共健康相关性：这项研究的目的是更好地了解可能与男孩和女孩适应不良发展轨迹相关的行为类型。拟议的研究将使该领域更加深入地了解促进同伴受害的发展机制，并将为儿童中期预防和干预工作的发展提供启示。