I. Setting the Stage
1. Girls' Anger and Aggression: The Bind between Feeling Angry and
Being Nice
2. Childhood Aggression: Sticks and Stones and Social Exclusion
3. Gender and Peer Relations: Separate Worlds?
II. Development
4. Girls' Anger in Infancy: Early Lessons That Anger Is
Unwelcome
5. Girls' Anger and Aggression in Preschool: If You Don't Do What I
Say, I Won't Be Your Friend
6. Middle Childhood: Gossip, Gossip, Evil Thing?
7. Adolescence: Girl Talk, Moral Negotiation, and Strategic
Interactions to Inflict Social Harm
III. Clinical Implications
8. Developmental and Psychosocial Consequences of Girls'
Aggression
9. Prevention and Intervention: Harnessing the Power of
Sisterhood
10. New Models for Social Aggression: For Its Own SakeI. Setting
the Stage
1. Girls' Anger and Aggression: The Bind between Feeling Angry and
Being Nice
2. Childhood Aggression: Sticks and Stones and Social Exclusion
3. Gender and Peer Relations: Separate Worlds?
II. Development
4. Girls' Anger in Infancy: Early Lessons That Anger Is
Unwelcome
5. Girls' Anger and Aggression in Preschool: If You Don't Do What I
Say, I Won't Be Your Friend
6. Middle Childhood: Gossip, Gossip, Evil Thing?
7. Adolescence: Girl Talk, Moral Negotiation, and Strategic
Interactions to Inflict Social Harm
III. Clinical Implications
8. Developmental and Psychosocial Consequences of Girls'
Aggression
9. Prevention and Intervention: Harnessing the Power of
Sisterhood
10. New Models for Social Aggression: For Its Own Sake
Marion K. Underwood, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology in the School of Human Development at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her work has been published in numerous scientific journals, and her research program has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health since 1995. She received the 2001 Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award.
This book offers a thoughtful analysis of the nature and forms of
girls' aggression, providing a broad, interdisciplinary review of
the extant research. Among the book's many strengths are its
developmental perspective, its attention to the context of peer
relations, and its analysis of current conceptual frameworks for
the study of gender differences and aggression. Underwood's work is
comprehensive, coherent, thoughtful, and strongly scientific. She
has an exceptional ability to look at established issues in a new
and fresh way, and to examine both sides of theoretical debates
from a balanced position. Unraveling the complexities of the topic
and delineating a roadmap for future research, this book is a
'must' for university libraries and for those who study girls'
development. Students will benefit as well from the author's
careful consideration of methodological questions. The book is
suitable as a text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level
courses dealing with antisocial behavior, aggression, peer
relations, and related issues.--Debra J. Pepler, PhD, LaMarsh
Centre for Research on Violence and Conflict Resolution, York
University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Underwood's erudite work on girls' social aggression is an
excellent blend of relevant theory, research, and practice.
Especially pertinent to graduate students and professionals in the
social sciences and education, the book's developmental research
focus will resonate with all readers who desire a solid foundation
on which to base their interventions.--Christopher A. Sink, PhD,
NCC, LMHC, Department of School Counseling and Psychology, Seattle
Pacific University
Finally, a critically needed summary and analysis of empirical
research on social aggression. This groundbreaking, accessible work
can be used by teachers, school counselors, psychology students,
and parents. Essential reading for anyone interested in girls'
development. Bravo!--Rachel Simmons, author of Odd Girl Out: The
Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
Social Aggression among Girls demystifies and corrects the
misconceptions we have about young girls and their aggressive
behavior. Clearly written, well researched, and with useful
clinical examples and implications, this is an important
book.--Harold S. Koplewicz, MD, New York University Child Study
Center
A scholarly book that brings together a wide range of pertinent
work....Underwood seeks to understand the roots of girls' social
aggression, looking, for example, for connections with girls'
earlier relationships with their parents....She cites evidence that
points to their being especially upset by social exclusion or
betrayal by a friend, and especially in need of being perceived by
peers as accepted within a social group....We are given an
excellent account of some of the features of the culture of girls'
social groups....She gives us a detailed, qualitative picture of
how social aggression is carried out among girls, and the changing
functions it appears to serve at successive ages, as the nature of
girls' friendships and cliques change. This is a refreshing
perspective, and greatly adds to the depth of the book....A
valuable feature of the book is its willingness to tackle the
question of whether it might be justified to intervene with
children and adolescents in an effort to reduce the incidence and
harmful effects of social aggression. Underwood considers what kind
of interventions might be effective and justified.--From the
Foreword by Eleanor Maccoby, PhD
- This book covers a vast amount of research in an objective and
thorough way. It provides the reader with an evidence-based
overview of the developmental psychology of aggression in both boys
and girls. As such, the book is a valuable text or reference for
students of psychology, child development, education and mental
health. Dr. Underwood explores methodologic and substantive issues
in the research to an extent that would certainly stimulate
questions for the most experienced researchers in the area. The
book would also be of interest to practicing clinicians providing
mental health care for children and women....An educational and
thought provoking book. --Archives of Women's Mental Health,
4/12/2003
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