Counselling, Faculty of Education and School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2013 Oct 28;368(1631):20130080. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0080. Print 2013.
Indirect aggression includes behaviours such as criticizing a competitor's appearance, spreading rumours about a person's sexual behaviour and social exclusion. Human females have a particular proclivity for using indirect aggression, which is typically directed at other females, especially attractive and sexually available females, in the context of intrasexual competition for mates. Indirect aggression is an effective intrasexual competition strategy. It is associated with a diminished willingness to compete on the part of victims and with greater dating and sexual behaviour among those who perpetrate the aggression.
间接攻击包括批评竞争对手的外貌、散布有关某人性行为的谣言和社会排斥等行为。女性特别倾向于使用间接攻击,这种攻击通常针对其他女性,尤其是有吸引力和性可利用的女性,这是在争夺伴侣的种内竞争背景下发生的。间接攻击是一种有效的种内竞争策略。它与受害者竞争意愿降低以及攻击者的约会和性行为增加有关。