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

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的研究整合了两条线的研究儿童的攻击和受害：一个侧重于形式和功能（个体差异）的攻击和受害，第二个侧重于侵略者-受害者的关系。拟议的研究整合了这两条线，通过研究各种形式（公开和关系）和功能（主动和被动）的侵略者-受害者的关系。具体目标是：（1）评估新创建的用于识别各种类型的攻击者-受害者关系的工具的心理测量特性;（2）评估这些各种形式的攻击者-受害者关系之间的重叠程度;以及（3）识别参与这些各种攻击者-受害者关系的并发相关性。 数据将从大约500名来自主要是西班牙裔和非西班牙裔白色学生的学校的六年级到八年级的男孩和女孩（其他族裔群体的代表性较小）收集。主要工具是新创建的二元形式/功能的侵略和受害清单（DFFAVI），旨在确定公开，关系，主动和反应类型的侵略者-受害者关系。其他工具将用于评价该工具的有效性和并发相关性。这些数据将使用多变量社会关系模型进行分析。 鉴于侵略和受害，以及相关的适应不良的流行，拟议的研究预计将提供有价值的信息，在各种形式和功能发生的关系背景。研究侵略者-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路线结合起来的方法，它将促进我们对发生在二元背景下的各种类型的侵略行为的理解。拟议中的研究预计也将作为有价值的基础，为随后的纵向调查这些关系。

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.