Young Adolescents’ Gender-, Ethnicity-, and Popularity-Based Social Schemas of Aggressive Behavior

Authors

Katherine H. Clemans, Amherst CollegeFollow
Julia A. Graber, University of Florida

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-2016

Publication Title

Youth and Society

Abstract

Social schemas can influence the perception and recollection of others’ behavior and may create biases in the reporting of social events. This study investigated young adolescents’ (N = 317) gender-, ethnicity-, and popularity-based social schemas of overtly and relationally aggressive behavior. Results indicated that participants associated overt aggression with being male and African American and relational aggression with being female. In addition, participants associated all types of aggression with high perceived popularity. The strength of endorsement of several subscales differed significantly as a function of raters’ gender and ethnicity. Findings highlight the importance of understanding how aggression-related social schemas may influence adolescents’ reporting of peer behaviors.

Keywords

aggression, gender, perceived popularity, social schemas

Volume

48

Issue

3

First Page

303

Last Page

317

DOI

10.1177/0044118X13484479

ISSN

0044118X

Rights

© The Author(s) 2013

Comments

Archived as published.

Recommended Citation

Clemans, Katherine H. and Graber, Julia A., "Young Adolescents’ Gender-, Ethnicity-, and Popularity-Based Social Schemas of Aggressive Behavior" (2016). Psychology: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/psy_facpubs/191