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Move over mean girls -- boys can be socially aggressive, tooAmerica, North America, USA | Education | 16-09-2008 02:00 | EurekAlert! > More news frome this source
(Society for Research in Child Development) A new analysis contradicts the notion that "social" aggression, such as spreading rumors, is a female and not male form of aggression. The researchers analyzed 148 studies of social and physical aggression, encompassing 74,000 children and adolescents. Children who carry out one form of aggression (social or physical) were inclined to carry out the other form. Social aggression is related to delinquency and ADHD-type symptoms, while physical aggression is related to depression and low self-esteem. Source: EurekAlert! | read on source |
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