St. Luke's School of Nursing at Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18018, USA.
Qual Health Res. 2010 Apr;20(4):541-55. doi: 10.1177/1049732310361611. Epub 2010 Feb 10.
Girl-to-girl aggression is increasingly being recognized as a health problem, and the number of teenage girls involved in serious fighting is on the rise. Research on the experiences of girl-to-girl aggression in marginalized girls who are out of the mainstream because of poor relationship skills and physical aggression is notably absent, yet this group is at heightened risk for persistent violence. In this study I used the interpretive phenomenological approach to study the lived experience of girl-to-girl aggression in girls who were marginalized and attending an alternative school because of physically aggressive behavior. Data were collected over a 4-month period by means of in-depth interviews and field notes. For this population, girl-to-girl aggression provided self-protection, expressed girls' identity, and was also a means to finding attachment, connection, and friendship. These findings have multidisciplinary implications for interventions with physically aggressive girls, including mentoring programs, in-school support groups, and exploration of a paradigm shift in the use of alternative schools.
女孩间的攻击行为日益被视为一个健康问题，卷入严重打架事件的少女数量也在上升。边缘化少女由于人际关系技巧欠缺和身体攻击而脱离主流，针对这些少女经历的女孩间攻击行为的研究明显缺失，但该群体持续遭受暴力的风险较高。在这项研究中，我采用解释现象学方法，研究因身体攻击行为而被边缘化并就读于替代学校的少女经历的女孩间攻击行为。研究数据通过深度访谈和现场记录在 4 个月的时间里收集。对于这一人群，女孩间攻击行为提供了自我保护、表达了女孩的身份，也是寻找依恋、联系和友谊的一种手段。这些发现对干预身体攻击少女具有多学科意义，包括指导计划、校内支持小组，以及探索替代学校使用范式的转变。
