Gender Differences in Preschool Aggression During Free Play and Structured Interactions: An Observational Study

By Jamie M. Ostrov, C. Keating. 2004

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Education, Social Psychology

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Ruminating on Rumination: are Rumination on Anger and Sadness Differentially Related to Aggression and Depressed Mood? (2010, unknown): “There is evidence that females are less likely than males to engage in overt aggression (Underwood 2003) but that starting at a young age girls may be equally or more likely to engage in relational aggression (Ostrov and Keating 2004).”
Landscapes for play: Effects of an intervention to promote nature-based risky play in early childhood centres (2017, result): “Reliability coefficients were 0.43 and 0.66, respectively, between teacher ratings and correlated 0.46 (p 0.05) with peer ratings (Ostrov & Keating, 2004).”
Preschool teachers' attitudes, beliefs, and emotional reactions to young children's peer group behaviors (2015, background): “This form of aggression has been more often studied among older children, but it has been suggested that relational aggression tends to take a more direct form among preschoolers (Ostrov & Keating, 2004; Ostrov et al., 2004).”
Going to College and Unpacking Hazing: A Functional Approach to Decrypting Initiation Practices Among Undergraduates (2005, background): “From early to late in life, male relationships typically promote status distinction whereas female relationships generally project status diffusion (Ostrov & Keating, 2004; Pratto et al., 1994).”
Early parenting and children's relational and physical aggression in the preschool and home contexts (2006, background): “…in relational aggression is associated with social-psychological adjustment problems (Bonica, Yeshova, Arnold, Fisher, & Zeljo, 2003; Crick, Casas, & Mosher, 1997; McNeilly-Choque, Hart, Robinson, Nelson, & Olsen, 1996; Ostrov & Keating, 2004; Ostrov, Woods, Jansen, Casas, & Crick, 2004).”
The roles of aggressive and affiliative behaviors in resource control: A behavioral ecological perspective (2008, unknown): “Little, & Rodkin, 2007; Ostrov & Keating, 2004; Ostrov, Pilat, & Crick, 2006; Rodkin, 37 Farmer, Pearl, & Van Acker, 2000) and evolutionary-oriented psychology (e.g., Bjorklund 38 & Pellegrini, 2000; Cairns, Cairns, Neckerman, Gest, & Gariepy, 1988; Hawley, 1999, 39 2006; Vaughn & Santos, 2007;…”
Relational aggression in sibling and peer relationships during early childhood (2006, methodology): “This observational method has demonstrated acceptable validity in the past with moderate correlations between teachers and observers ranging from r = .40 to .50 for relational aggression and from r = .45 to .62 for physical aggression (Ostrov & Keating, 2004; Ostrov, in press).”
Exploring the Association between Aggression and Anxiety in Youth: A Look at Aggressive Subtypes, Gender, and Social Cognition (2008, methodology): “While past research has shown that both boys and girls use relational aggression, studies have shown that girls tend to be more likely to use this type of aggression than boys (Crick 1996; Crick and Grotpeter 1995; Ostrov and Keating 2004 ).”
Crossing social contexts: Relational aggression between siblings and friends during early and middle childhood ☆ (2006, methodology): “…relational aggression used operational definitions and examples taken from a review of the literature, including previous questionnaire research conducted on relational aggression with siblings (O'Brien, 1999) and observational research conducted with preschool-aged peers (Ostrov & Keating, 2004).”
Media Exposure, Aggression and Prosocial Behavior During Early Childhood: A Longitudinal Study (2006, methodology): “Ostrov & Keating, 2004; Ostrov et al., 2004; Russell, Hart, Robinson, & Olsen, 2002; Sebanc,”
Relational and Physical Aggression among Preschoolers: The Effect of Language Skills and Gender (2005, background): “…studies indicate that young girls are more relationally aggressive than boys (Crick et al., 1997; Hart et al., 1998; McNeilley-Choque et al., 1996; Ostrov & Keating, 2004), and other findings reveal no significant gender differences (Crick et al., 1997; Hart et al., 1998; McEvoy, Estrem,…”
Bully/Victim Problems Among Preschool Children: a Review of Current Research Evidence (2011, background): “These findings in combination with past research (Bonica et al. 2003; Crick et al. 1997, 1999; McNeilly-Choque et al. 1996; Ostrov and Keating 2004) provide evidence that gender-specific aggression trajectories may begin in early childhood (as young as 3 years of”
Differentiating Forms and Functions of Aggression in Emerging Adults: Associations with Hostile Attribution Biases and Normative Beliefs (2008, methodology): “…the culture and method of assessment, girls have been found to be more relationally aggressive than boys (e.g., Bonica et al. 2003; Crick and Grotpeter 1995; French et al. 2002; Hawley 2003; Ostrov and Keating 2004; Ostrov 2006; cf. Hart et al. 1998; Little et al. 2003; Tomada and Schneider 1997).”
Relational and Physical Aggression of Preschool-Age Children: Peer Status Linkages Across Informants (2005, methodology): “…ratings or observations are utilized (Bonica et al., 2003; Crick et al., 1997; Casas & Crick, 1997; Hart et al., 1998; McNeilly-Choque et al., 1996; Ostrov & Keating, 2004; Russell et al., 2003; Sebanc, 2003) but often fail to find a gender difference for peer nominated relational aggression…”