Department of Pediatric Psychology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2013 Feb;42(2):263-74. doi: 10.1007/s10964-012-9837-9. Epub 2012 Oct 20.
While much prior research has documented the negative associations between aggression, peer relationships, and social skills, other research has begun to examine whether forms of aggression also may be associated with prosocial skills and increased social status. However, few studies have examined these associations within diverse samples of elementary aged youth. The current study examined the associations between aggression, popularity, social preference, and leadership among 227 urban, ethnic minority (74 % African American, 9 % bi-racial including African American, 12 % other ethnic minorities, and 5 % European American) elementary school youth (average age 9.5 years, 48.5 % female). Results indicated that in an urban, high risk environment, displaying aggressive behaviors was associated with increased perceived popularity, decreased social preference, and, in some cases, increased perceived leadership. The results also suggested gender differences in the association between the forms of aggression (i.e. relational and overt) and popularity. The current study underscores the importance of examining youth leadership along with forms of aggression and social status among urban minority youth. Implications for future research and aggression prevention programming are highlighted.
虽然先前有大量研究记录了攻击行为、同伴关系和社交技能之间的负面关联，但其他研究也开始探讨攻击行为是否也可能与亲社会技能和社会地位的提高有关。然而，很少有研究在不同的小学青少年样本中检验这些关联。本研究调查了 227 名城市少数民族（74%为非裔美国人，9%为包括非裔美国人的混血儿，12%为其他少数民族，5%为欧裔美国人）小学生中攻击行为、受欢迎程度、社交偏好和领导能力之间的关联（平均年龄为 9.5 岁，48.5%为女性）。结果表明，在城市高风险环境中，表现出攻击行为与更高的感知受欢迎程度、更低的社交偏好相关，在某些情况下，还与更高的感知领导能力相关。结果还表明，攻击行为（即关系攻击和外显攻击）和受欢迎程度之间的关联存在性别差异。本研究强调了在城市少数民族青少年中，与攻击行为和社会地位一起，检验青少年领导能力的重要性。研究结果突出了未来研究和攻击性预防计划的重要性。
