The Broader Context of Relational Aggression in Adolescent Romantic Relationships: Predictions from Peer Pressure and Links to Psychosocial Functioning

Autor/inn/en	Schad, Megan M.; Szwedo, David E.; Antonishak, Jill; Hare, Amanda; Allen, Joseph P.
Titel	The Broader Context of Relational Aggression in Adolescent Romantic Relationships: Predictions from Peer Pressure and Links to Psychosocial Functioning
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37 (2008) 3, S.346-358 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-007-9226-y
Schlagwörter	Aggression; Drinking; Adolescents; Peer Groups; Peer Influence; Psychological Patterns; Social Development; Victims of Crime; Depression (Psychology); Interpersonal Relationship; Intimacy; Prior Learning; Age Differences; Predictor Variables; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Trinken; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Soziale Entwicklung; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Intimität; Vorkenntnisse; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Prädiktor; Korrelation
Abstract	The broader context of relational aggression in adolescent romantic relationships was assessed by considering the ways such aggression emerged from prior experiences of peer pressure and was linked to concurrent difficulties in psychosocial functioning. Longitudinal, multi-reporter data were obtained from 97 adolescents and their best friends at age 15 and from adolescents and their romantic partners at age 18. Teens' relational aggression and romantic partners' victimization were predicted from levels of best friends' pressuring behaviors toward teens in an observed interaction as well as from best friends' ratings of how much pressure teens experienced from their peer group. Romantic partner relational aggression and teen victimization were predicted by pressure from teens' peer group only. Adolescents' romantic relational aggression and victimization were also associated with elevated levels of depressive symptoms and increased alcohol use. Results are discussed in terms of the connection of relational aggression in romantic relationships to the broader task of establishing autonomy with peers in psychosocial development. (Author).
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