國中青少年關係攻擊與關係受害之縱貫性研究：社會適應與相關因素之探討(I)

Relational aggression is a covert form of aggression. Aggressors usually take advantage of their social power to manipulate interpersonal relationships within social networks and thus to achieve goals of hurting. Researchers have found that both relational aggressors and victims are more inclined to suffer internalizing problems and less liked by peers. In addition, relaitonal victims are especially vulnerable to socio-emotional concerns (e.g., fear of rejection) when getting along with peers. However, previous findings were generally based on cross-sectional studies, which limited the qualified inferences of the casual relations among relational aggression and psychosocial adjustment. Considering the delicate and important nature of social-emotional development during adolescence, the present study originally aimed to conduct a three-year longitudinal study. The main purpose of this year was to examine: (1) the prevalence of relational aggression and relational victimization in the first year of junior high school, (2) the association between relational aggression and psychosocial adjustment, and (3) the association between relational victimization and psychosocial adjustment.