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Shared targets for aggression by early adolescent friends.

Noel A Card1, Ernest V E Hodges

  • 1Department of Family Studies and Human Development, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0033, USA. ncard@email.arizona.edu

Developmental Psychology
|November 8, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Friends who are more aggressive tend to target the same victims. This study found that aggressive adolescents, especially their best friends, are more likely to share aggression targets than less aggressive peers.

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Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Adolescent Behavior

Background:

  • Peer aggression is common in early adolescence.
  • Limited research exists on whether friends share common aggression targets.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the extent to which friends share aggression targets.
  • To explore differences in target sharing between friends and nonfriends.

Main Methods:

  • Administered the Dyadic Aggression and Victimization Inventory to 417 early adolescents (grades 6-8).
  • Analyzed data considering friendship status and general aggressiveness levels.

Main Results:

  • Friends were found to share more aggression targets compared to nonfriends.

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  • This shared targeting was more pronounced in aggressive adolescents, particularly with best friends.
  • Findings were consistent across genders and age groups within early adolescence.

    • Conclusions:

    • Early adolescent friends, especially aggressive ones, exhibit a tendency to direct aggression towards common victims.
    • Understanding shared victim selection in friendships is crucial for intervention strategies.
    • Further research should explore the mechanisms and consequences of shared aggression targeting.