"Female aggression" revisited: Variable- and person-centered approaches to studying gender differences in different types of aggression

• Published in: Aggressive behavior Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 158 - 163
• Main Authors: Salmivalli, Christina, Kaukiainen, Ari
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.03.2004; Wiley-Liss
• Subjects: Adult and adolescent clinical studies; aggression clusters; aggression profiles; Biological and medical sciences; Child clinical studies; direct aggression; gender difference; indirect aggression; Medical sciences; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Social behavior disorders; Social behavior disorders. Criminal behavior. Delinquency; Human; Adolescent; Sex; Statistical study; Social behavior disorder; Age; Preadolescent; Aggressiveness

We looked for evidence supporting the hypothesis that girls are more indirectly aggressive than boys by 1) comparing the average scores of girls and boys on the Direct Indirect Aggression Scales [Björkqvist et al., 1992b], and 2) by comparing the distributions of boys and girls in five cluster group...