"It Hurts a Hell of a Lot...": The Effects of Indirect Aggression on Teenage Girls.

Owens, Laurence; Slee, Phillip; Shute, Rosalyn

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Publication Date: 2000

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"It Hurts a Hell of a Lot...": The Effects of Indirect Aggression on Teenage Girls.

Owens, Laurence; Slee, Phillip; Shute, Rosalyn

School Psychology International, v21 n4 p359-76 Nov 2000

Reports on a qualitative investigation of the effects of indirect aggression from peers on teenage girls. Outlines the perceived characteristics of victims and their responses to indirect aggression. Asserts that an understanding of the painful effects of indirect aggression on girls is an important prelude to designing interventions to assist girls in their peer relationships. (Contains 54 references.) (GCP)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Females, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Intervention, Peer Influence, Peer Relationship, School Psychology, Student Characteristics, Student Reaction, Victims of Crime

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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