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Peer reviewedSimons, Kevin J.; Paternite, Carl E.; Shore, Cecilia – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2001
Examined association between adolescents' perception of parent-adolescent attachment quality and adolescent aggression, as mediated by social cognition and self-esteem. Found that higher social cognition was associated with lower self-reported aggression when parent-adolescent attachments and adolescent self-esteem were controlled. When…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Aggression, Attachment Behavior
Peer reviewedHawley, Patricia H. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2003
Studied self- and other-reported characteristics of 1,700 fifth through tenth graders varying in their use of coercive (aggression) and prosocial (cooperative) strategies of resource control. Found that children using both control strategies, labeled Machiavellians, possessed positive and negative characteristics and were socially central, liked…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Behavior, Aggression, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedCarlo, Gustavo; Hausmann, Anne; Christiansen, Stacie; Randall, Brandy A. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2003
This study examined the psychometric properties of a multidimensional measure of prosocial behaviors, the Prosocial Tendencies Measure-Revised (PTM-R), with early and middle adolescents. Results showed adequate reliability and evidence of validity for the PTM-R. Discussion focused on individual differences in prosocial behaviors among early and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents
