Who Aggresses against Whom, and How?: Forms and Functions of Aggressor-Victim Rel

描述（由申请人提供）：本研究整合了关于儿童攻击和受害的两条研究线：一条关注攻击和受害的形式和功能（个体差异），另一条关注攻击者-受害者关系。本研究通过研究攻击者-受害者关系的各种形式（公开的和关系的）和功能（主动的和被动的）来整合这两条路线。具体目的是：(1)评估一个新创建的工具的心理测量特性，用于识别各种类型的攻击者-受害者关系；(2)评估这些不同形式的攻击者-受害者关系之间重叠的程度；(3)识别这些不同的攻击者-受害者关系中同时存在的相关因素。数据将从大约500名六年级到八年级的男孩和女孩中收集，这些男孩和女孩主要来自西班牙裔和非西班牙裔白人学生（其他种族的代表性较小）。关键工具是新创建的攻击与受害双重形式/功能量表（DFFAVI），该量表旨在识别显性、关系型、主动型和反应型的攻击者-受害者关系。将使用其他工具来评估本工具的有效性和并发相关性。这些数据将使用多元社会关系模型进行分析。鉴于攻击和受害的普遍存在，以及相关的适应不良，拟议的研究有望提供有关各种形式和功能发生的关系背景的宝贵信息。研究攻击者-受害者关系的形式和功能的方法是创新的，因为它是第一个将这两条研究线整合在一起的方法，并将促进我们对发生在二元环境中的各种类型的攻击的理解。所提出的研究也有望为这些关系的后续纵向调查提供有价值的基础。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed research integrates two lines of research on childhood aggression and victimization: one focusing on forms and functions of (individual differences in) aggression and victimization, and the second focusing on aggressor-victim relationships. The proposed research integrates these two lines by studying various forms (overt and relational) and functions (proactive and reactive) of aggressor-victim relationships. The specific aims are to (1) evaluate the psychometric properties of a newly-created instrument for identifying various types of aggressor-victim relationships; (2) evaluate the magnitude of overlap among these various forms of aggressor-victim relationships; and (3) identify concurrent correlates of involvement in these various aggressor-victim relationships. Data will be collected from approximately 500 sixth through eighth grade boys and girls from schools with primarily Hispanic and non-Hispanic White students (with smaller representations of other ethnic groups). The key instrument is the newly-created Dyadic Forms/Functions of Aggression and Victimization Inventory (DFFAVI) designed to identify overt, relational, proactive, and reactive types of aggressor-victim relationships. Other instruments will be used to evaluate the validity and concurrent correlates of this instrument. These data will be analyzed using multivariate social relations modeling. Given the prevalence of aggression and victimization, as well as associated maladjustment, the proposed research is expected to provide valuable information regarding the relationship contexts in which various forms and functions occur. The approach to studying forms and functions of aggressor-victim relationships is innovative in being the first to integrate these two lines of research, and will advance our understanding of the various types of aggression in the dyadic contexts in which they occur. The proposed research is expected to also serve as valuable groundwork for subsequent longitudinal investigation of these relationships.