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Title
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Attachment styles and aggressor-victim relationships in preadolescence.
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Creator
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Miller, Ashley M., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
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Abstract/Description
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The current study investigated the change in relationship between an aggressor's attachment style (avoidant or preoccupied) and a series of characteristics in their victims' over a school year. Once a semester, participants rated themselves and their classmates on 16 personality characteristics and their aggression levels against other students. Only avoidant girls significantly refined their targets over the course of a school year. They increased their aggression towards girls with low...
Show moreThe current study investigated the change in relationship between an aggressor's attachment style (avoidant or preoccupied) and a series of characteristics in their victims' over a school year. Once a semester, participants rated themselves and their classmates on 16 personality characteristics and their aggression levels against other students. Only avoidant girls significantly refined their targets over the course of a school year. They increased their aggression towards girls with low appearance self-efficacy, a high avoidance attachment, high depression, high cross-gender typed behavior, high internalizing behavior, and low global self-worth.
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Date Issued
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2012
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3358753
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Subject Headings
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Bullying in schools, Aggressiveness in children, Interpersonal conflict in children, Social interaction in children, Interaction analysis in education
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Format
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Document (PDF)
