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Relations between different types of children's aggression and sociometric status amoung peers

Croatian elemetary school children in grades 4 to 6 reported on direct and indirect aggressive behaviors of their classmates. Acceptance and rejection by classmates were also assessed, employing the sociometric nomination technique. When examined independently, both forms of aggression were related to peer rejection, but unrelated to peer acceptance. However, when controlling for the shared variance between the two aggression types, only direct aggression was connected with peer rejection. Girls' aggression was more strongly related to peer rejection than boys' aggression, independent of the type of aggression. Aggressive children of both gender tended to be more rejected by their same-gender classmates than by classmates of the opposite gender.

direct aggression; indirect aggression; social acceptance; social rejection; elementary school children; gender differences

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