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Objective To explore the effects of parent-adolescent conflict and cohesion on relational aggression among junior students.Methods Parent-adolescent Conflict Questionnaires,Parent-adolescent Cohesion Questionnaires,and the Relational Aggression Questionnaires were used in investigating 392 junior students.Results The level of relational aggression of junior students was low (22.52±5.15).There was no differences between relational aggression of male students (22.93± 5.43) and female students (22.00± 4.73) (P＞ 0.05),and of grade 1 students(22.72±5.14)and grade 2 students(22.64±5.67),grade 3 students(21.93±4.22) (P＞0.05).The students' relational aggression showed a significantly positive correlation with frequency and intensity of parent-adolescent conflict(r=0.269,r=0.307,r=0.268,r=0.271,P＜0.01),and negative correlation with father-adolescent cohesion(r=-0.171,P＜0.01).Parent-adolescent cohesion was negative predictor of relational aggression(β=-0.123,P＜0.05),and the intensity of parent-adolescent conflict was positive predictor(β=0.301,P＜0.01).Conclusion Parent-adolescent conflict and cohesion have significant effect on relational aggression among junior students.
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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the gender differences of direct aggression and relational aggression in Korean elementary and middle school students. METHODS: Parents of 946 elementary school students(age 9.54±1.72 years, 485 boys, 461 girls) completed the Child Behavior Checklist(CBCL). Six-hundred-and-three middle school students(age 13.98±0.93 years, 301 boys, 302 girls) completed the Youth Self-Report(YSR). Independent t-test, chi-square test, and Fisher's exact test were used. RESULTS: Boys had significantly higher direct aggression scores than girls in elementary school students(p<0.001). There was no significance gender difference of relational aggression in elementary school students(p=0.235). In middle school students, boys had significantly higher direct aggression than girls(p=0.017), and girls had significantly higher relational aggression compared to the boys(p<0.001). CONCLUSION: Our results suggest the presence of gender differences in manifestation of aggression subtypes in Korean elementary and middle school students. These gender differences should be taken into account in prevention and intervention approaches of aggression in children and adolescents.