Adolescents' Aggressive and Prosocial Behavior: Associations with Jealousy and Social Anxiety
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2008
Journal / Book Title
The Journal of Genetic Psychology
Abstract
The authors examined how relational aggression, physical aggression, and proactive prosocial behavior were associated with jealousy and social anxiety in a diverse sample of 60 middle school students. After the authors controlled for gender and race, jealousy predicted relational aggression and proactive prosocial behavior, but it did not predict physical aggression. Additionally, social anxiety predicted proactive prosocial behavior. Adolescents who were more jealous in their peer relationships also tended to engage in relational aggression and proactive prosocial behavior, and adolescents who were more socially anxious also tended to be proactively prosocial. The authors discuss the implications of these findings and suggest directions for future research.
DOI
10.3200/GNTP.169.1.21-33
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Culotta, Carmen M. and Goldstein, Sara, "Adolescents' Aggressive and Prosocial Behavior: Associations with Jealousy and Social Anxiety" (2008). Department of Family Science and Human Development Scholarship and Creative Works. 22.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/familysci-facpubs/22
Published Citation
Culotta, C. M., & Goldstein, S. E. (2008). Adolescents’ Aggressive and Prosocial Behavior: Associations With Jealousy and Social Anxiety. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 169(1), 21–33. https://doi.org/10.3200/GNTP.169.1.21-33