title: Understanding the gender differences in pathways to social deviancy: relational aggression and emotion regulation.
abstract: This study explored the associations among childhood emotion regulation, overt aggression, relational aggression, and adolescent deviant social behaviors. Data were drawn from the Family Health Project, a longitudinal study conducted over 4 years. The sample consisted of 111 children at Time 1 who ranged in age from 51/2 to 12 years at Time 1 and 8 to 14 years at Time 3. A significant finding was that, for girls, lower emotion regulation predicted later relational aggression (beta = -2.95, P < .05). Moreover, low prosocial skills coupled with relational aggression were associated with deviant social behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Seattle University, Seattle, WA 98122, USA. bowieb@seattleu.edu
authors.forename: Bonnie H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Bowie
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010379:Peer Group; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology