PHOTO: PHILIPPINES: A girl plays a guitar as she sits with other children outside the UNICEF-assisted Nayon Kabataan Rehabilitation Centre for street children and victims of child labour and physical abuse in Manila, the capital. The girl on the right has lost her hearing and is unable to speak and seems to also suffer from trauma or another mental disability. Because she is unable to describe her experience, it is unknown what has happened to her since she has been on her own. (UNICEF/ HQ97-0963/Jeremy Horner)
Crick, N., and Grotpeter, J.K. (2002). Relational Aggression, Gender, and Social- Psychological Adjustment. Illinois, USA: EBSCO Publishing.

In this report, Crick and Gropeter argue that up until now, little research has been done on girls’ aggression, thus leading many to believe that boys are more aggressive. This research, if anything, they say, is reflective of a lack of research on forms of aggression relevant to girls rather than an actual gender difference in overall levels of violence. Crick and Gropeter thus propose a notion of relational aggression, typical of girls, and provide an assessment of overt aggression and social-psychological adjustment.

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