Adaptive, maladaptive, mediational, and bidirectional processes of relational and physical aggression, relational and physical victimization, and peer liking.

摘要: A three-wave longitudinal study among ethnically diverse preadolescents (N = 597 at Time 1, ages 9-11) was conducted to examine adaptive, maladaptive, mediational, and bidirectional processes of relational physical aggression, victimization, peer liking indexed by acceptance friendships. series nested structural equation models tested the hypothesized links these peer-domain factors. It that (1) aggression trails both adaptive maladaptive processes, linking more victimization liking, whereas is resulting in less liking; (2) relating (3) may be social context promotes (not aggression), protect against regardless its type; (4) mediates link between forms victimization. Results showed higher levels predicted relative increases which turn led liking. On other hand, predictive decreases transition next grade (i.e., fifth grade). In addition, Similarly, consistently concurrently associated marginally grade. More resulted lower The directionality magnitude paths did not differ boys girls.