Gender differences in young adolescents' experiences of peer victimization: Social and physical aggression From: Merrill - Palmer Quarterly | Date: April 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright Wayne State University Press Apr 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Gender differences were explored in experiences of social and physical aggression of adolescents (39 boys and 37 girls; mean age 13.8). They reported the frequency of experiencing physical aggression and social aggression, described in detail past incidents of peer victimization, and completed the Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents. The most common social aggression reported was being gossiped about, and the majority of adolescents reported that the aggressor was of the same gender. Although both genders reported equal frequencies of social aggression, girls thought about it more and ...

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