Social aggression among girls / Marion K. Underwood ; foreword by Eleanor Maccoby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Underwood, Marion K.

Series:

Guilford series on social and emotional development

The Guilford series on social and emotional development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aggressiveness in children.

Aggressiveness in adolescence.

Girls--Psychology.

Girls.

Physical Description:

xix, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, [2003]

Summary:

While several recent popular books address the topic of girls' "meanness" to one another, this volume offers the first balanced, scholarly analysis of scientific knowledge in this area. Integrating current research on emotion regulation, gender, and peer relations, the book examines how girls are socialized to experience and express anger and aggression from infancy through adolescence. Considered are the developmental functions of such behaviors as gossip, friendship manipulation, and social exclusion; consequences for both victims and perpetrators; and approaches to intervention and prevention. Presenting innovative research models and methods, this is an accessible and much-needed synthesis for researchers, professionals, and students.

Contents:

Setting the stage

Girl's anger and aggression : the bind between being feeling angry and being nice

Childhood aggression : sticks and stones and social exclusion

Gender and peer relations : separate worlds?

Development

Girls' anger in infancy : early lessons that anger is unwelcome

Girls' anger and aggression in preschool : "if you don't do what I say, I won't be your friend"

Middle childhood : gossip, gossip, evil thing?

Adolescence : girl talk, moral negotiation, and strategic interactions to inflict social harm

Clinical implications

Developmental and psychosocial consequences of girls' aggression

Prevention and intervention : harnessing the power of sisterhood

New models of social aggression : for its own sake.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-290) and index.

ISBN:

1572308664

1572308656

OCLC:

51042880