Citation

McDonald KL, Siddiqui S, Seo S, Gibson CE. Int. J. Behav. Devel. 2022; 46(6): 555-561.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/01650254221121840

PMID

36866232

PMCID

PMC9977067

Abstract

This study examined cultural specificity in how interpretations about peer provocation are associated with revenge goals and aggression. The sample consisted of young adolescents from the United States (369 seventh-graders; 54.7% male; 77.2% identified as White) and from Pakistan (358 seventh-graders; 39.2% male). Participants rated their interpretations and revenge goals in response to six peer provocation vignettes and completed peer nominations of aggressive behavior. Multi-group SEM models indicated cultural specificity in how interpretations were related to revenge goals. Interpretations that a friendship with the provocateur was unlikely were uniquely related to revenge goals for Pakistani adolescents. For U.S adolescents positive interpretations were negatively related to revenge but self-blame interpretations were positively related to vengeance goals. Revenge goals were related to aggression similarly across groups.

Language: en