Guerra Vito S, Asher Steven R, DeRosier Melissa E
Department of Psychology: Social and Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2004 Oct;32(5):551-63. doi: 10.1023/b:jacp.0000037783.88097.69.
This study investigated whether the perception of self as socially rejected might contribute to increased physical aggression among elementary-school children. It was hypothesized that physically aggressive children would become more physically aggressive over time if they perceived that they were rejected and tended to blame peers for social failure experiences. Third-grade boys and girls (n = 941) were assessed in the Fall and Spring of the school year. Peer-report data on physical aggression and social preference were collected, along with self-report data on perceived rejection and attributions for social failure experiences. Results for boys were consistent with hypotheses, whereas the results for girls revealed a different pattern of relations. These results constitute prospective evidence that children's self-perceptions of social rejection can uniquely influence externalizing behavior. Results are discussed in terms of mechanisms that might mediate the relation between perceived rejection and physical aggression.
本研究调查了小学生将自己视为被社会排斥的认知是否可能导致身体攻击行为增加。研究假设，如果身体攻击性强的儿童认为自己被排斥，并且倾向于将社交失败的经历归咎于同伴，那么随着时间的推移，他们会变得更具身体攻击性。在学年的秋季和春季对三年级男女生（n = 941）进行了评估。收集了关于身体攻击行为和社交偏好的同伴报告数据，以及关于感知到的排斥和社交失败经历归因的自我报告数据。男孩的结果与假设一致，而女孩的结果则显示出不同的关系模式。这些结果构成了前瞻性证据，表明儿童对社会排斥的自我认知能够独特地影响外化行为。本文从可能介导感知到的排斥与身体攻击行为之间关系的机制方面对研究结果进行了讨论。
