Perceptions of Relational and Physical Aggression among College Students: Effects of Gender of Perpetrator, Target, and Perceiver
| Autor: | Julie E. Phelan, Kristen F. Cahill, Susan A. Basow, Ann V. McGillicuddy-DeLisi, Kathryn Longshore |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Aggression
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| Zdroj: | Psychology of Women Quarterly. 31:85-95 |
| ISSN: | 1471-6402 0361-6843 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2007.00333.x |
| Popis: | This study examined gendered perceptions of relational and physical aggressive behaviors and personal experiences with both types of aggression. Prior research suggested that physical aggression by males and relational aggression by females would be perceived most negatively. College students (186 female, 128 male) rated the acceptability and harmfulness of aggression in scenarios in which type of aggression and perpetrator and target gender were varied. As predicted, relational aggression by female characters and physical aggression by male characters were rated as less acceptable and more aggressive/harmful than the same behavior by the other gender. Thus, expectations regarding the gender-appropriateness of aggression appear to affect perceptions of such acts. Despite popular conceptions that females use and are harmed by relational aggression more than males, there was no gender difference in experience with relational aggression, nor were female targets viewed as more harmed by such aggression than their male counterparts. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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