Adolescents' Attribution and Outcome Expectancies Regarding Relational Aggression: A Cross-Cultural Comparison and Cultural Value Associations

Autor/inn/en	Li, Yan; Wright, Michelle F.; Rollet, Danae
Titel	Adolescents' Attribution and Outcome Expectancies Regarding Relational Aggression: A Cross-Cultural Comparison and Cultural Value Associations
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 41 (2021) 6, S.927-955 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Li, Yan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431620977673
Schlagwörter	Early Adolescents; Adolescent Attitudes; Middle School Students; Expectation; Attribution Theory; Aggression; Cultural Differences; Collectivism; Individualism; Social Values; Social Cognition; Dating (Social); Competition; Victims; Conflict; Peer Relationship; Correlation; Foreign Countries; Public Schools; China; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Expectancy; Erwartung; Kultureller Unterschied; Individualismus; Sozialer Wert; Soziale Kognition; Wettkampf; Victim; Opfer; Konflikt; Peer-Beziehungen; Korrelation; Ausland; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; USA
Abstract	This study compares 477 Chinese and 342 American adolescents' responses to open-ended questions regarding attribution and outcome expectancies of relational aggression, and investigates how cultural values were related to these social cognitive processes. Results revealed cross-cultural similarities and differences. In particular, American adolescents attributed romantic relationship competition, which was absent in Chinese adolescents' responses. Furthermore, American adolescents demonstrated a stronger instrumental orientation in their social cognition (e.g., gain status), whereas Chinese adolescents tended to hold the blaming the victim attribution, and the socially harm the victim outcome expectancy. Finally, this study revealed that in both cultural groups, higher collectivism was linked to the blaming the aggressor attribution, as well as escalated peer conflict and aggression as outcome expectancies, whereas individualism was linked to the blaming the victim attribution. Findings of this study enriched our knowledge about the cultural construal of adolescents' attribution and outcome expectancy regarding relational aggression. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01