Aggression has been conceptually distinguished into various functions (e.g., instrumental versus reactive) and forms (overt versus relational), but only recently has a methodological and analytic approach been developed that adequately disentangles these components of aggression. The proposed research will extend this approach by examining instrumental and reactive functions (and secondarily, overt and relational forms) of aggression longitudinally from three complementary approaches: individual differences, intraindividual (i.e., growth) trajectories, and person-centered. Relations with relevant constructs (i.e., depression, emotional dysregulation, victimization, and peer rejection) will be examined, and potential moderation by gender, grade, and ethnicity will also be systematically explored.
| Card, Noel A; Hodges, Ernest V E (2010) It Takes Two to Fight in School Too: A Social Relations Model of the Psychometric Properties and Relative Variance of Dyadic Aggression and Victimization in Middle School. Soc Dev 19:447-469 |
| Card, Noel A; Stucky, Brian D; Sawalani, Gita M et al. (2008) Direct and indirect aggression during childhood and adolescence: a meta-analytic review of gender differences, intercorrelations, and relations to maladjustment. Child Dev 79:1185-229 |
| Card, Noel A; Hodges, Ernest V E (2006) Shared targets for aggression by early adolescent friends. Dev Psychol 42:1327-38 |
