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Among young teens, aggression equals popularity |
 | | It's not just a stereotype: Popular teens really are meaner than their peers--at least according to a study in the May issue of Developmental Psychology (Vol. |
 | | To determine whether the connection between aggression and popularity may be due to overt aggression, relational aggression or both, Rose and her team surveyed more than 600 third-, fifth-, seventh- and ninth-graders about their schoolmates' aggressive behaviors and popularity. |
 | | Next, the researchers explored whether the teens were using relational aggression in a calculated way to increase their popularity over time--say, by snubbing an unpopular classmate--or whether popular teens became more aggressive over time because their schoolmates, bowing to their social power, allowed them to do so. |
| www.apa.org /monitor/jun04/among.html (506 words) |
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