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A review of existing relational aggression programs: Strengths, limitations, and future directions

Forfatter(e)
Leff, S. S. Waasdorp, T. E. Crick, N. R.
År
2010
Tidsskrift
School Psychology Review
Sider
508-535
Nettside
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3111222/
Kategori(er)
Atferdsproblemer, antisosial atferd og atferdsforstyrrelser
Tiltakstype(r)
Skole/barnehagebaserte tiltak
Abstract

Research suggests that involvement in relational aggression is associated with serious adjustment problems, including concurrent and future social maladjustment (e.g., problematic friendships; rejection), internalizing problems (e.g., depressive symptoms), and school avoidance. Despite the burgeoning literature focusing on the harmful and damaging nature of relationally aggressive behavior, this research has only recently begun to be used to inform school-based prevention and intervention programming. This article reviews the developmental research related to relational aggression and presents a systematic examination of nine published school-based prevention and intervention programs to prevent relational aggression. Programs reviewed target preschool through eighth-grade students. Strengths and limitations of each program are discussed. Recommendations are offered for future research to develop and validate school-based programming for relational aggression, and implications for school psychologists are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract).