Adolescent Girls' Coping With Relational Aggression |
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Authors: | Alison M Remillard Sharon Lamb |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, Saint Michael's College, Box 125, Colchester, 05439, Vermont |
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Abstract: | This study was designed to examine coping strategies for relational aggression. Ninety-eight female middle- and high-school
students completed the Revised Ways of Coping Scale (Folkman & Lazarus, 1985) and reported characteristics of a relational
aggressive act of which they were the victim and characteristics of their friendship before and after the act. We explored
the relationship between characteristics of the relationally aggressive act and the method of coping. Results of the study
indicate that the more hurt the girl was by the aggression, the more likely she was to use passive and avoidant coping strategies,
such as wishful thinking. The girls who felt closer to their friends after the aggressive act were the girls who coped by
seeking social support significantly more often than any other type of coping strategy. |
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Keywords: | adolescents girls aggression coping |
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