TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Relational Aggression in Women during Emerging Adulthood: A Social Process Model
JO  - Behavioral sciences and the law
A1  - Ostrov, Jamie M.
A1  - Hart, Emily J.
A1  - Kamper, Kimberly E.
A1  - Godleski, Stephanie A.
SP  - 695
EP  - 710
VL  - 29
IS  - 5
N2  - Two studies investigated potential mediators of the association between relational victimization and relational aggression. Self-report measures of aggressive behavior among peers, exclusivity, hostile attribution biases, and borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptoms were collected. In study 1, participants were 180 female emerging adults (M = 18.82, SD = 1.18). Both exclusivity and hostile attribution biases for relational provocations were found to partially mediate the association between relational victimization and relational aggression. In study 2, participants were 54 female emerging adults (M = 19.16, SD = 1.11). Symptoms of BPD were not found to mediate the association between relational victimization and relational aggression, yet unique associations with relational aggression were observed. The results add to recent research guided by a social process model in which links between victimization and aggression are more clearly understood. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-3936
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.1002
ID  - ref1
ER  -