ERIC Number: EJ1148313
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 18
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ISSN: EISSN-1183-1189
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Maladaptive Personality and Neuropsychological Features of Highly Relationally Aggressive Adolescent Girls
Savage, Michael; DiBiase, Anne-Marie
Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, v26 n1 p4-21 2016
The maladaptive personality and neuropsychological features of highly relationally aggressive females were examined in a group of 30 grade 6, 7, and 8 girls and group-matched controls. Employing a multistage cluster sampling procedure, a group of highly, yet almost exclusively, relationally aggressive females were identified and matched on a number of variables to a group of nonaggressive females. Parents of the students in both groups completed the Coolidge Personality and Neuropsychological Inventory, a 200-item DSM-IV-TR aligned, parent-as-respondent, standardized measure of children's psychological functioning. It was found that high levels of relational aggression, in the absence of physical and verbal aggression, were associated with symptoms of DSM-IV-TR Axis I oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder. The highly relationally aggressive group also exhibited a wide variety of personality traits associated with DSM-IV-TR Axis II paranoid, borderline, narcissistic, histrionic, schizotypal, and passive aggressive personality disorders that were not exhibited by the matched controls. Implications of these findings are discussed.
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Neuropsychology, Individual Characteristics, Interpersonal Relationship, Aggression, Adolescents, Females, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Comparative Analysis, Parent Attitudes, Psychological Patterns, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Behavior Disorders, Personality Problems, Surveys, Likert Scales, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries, Scores, Statistical Analysis, Correlation, Multivariate Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Elementary Education; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 8
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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