Underwood, Marion K. Social Aggression Among Girls

Adolescence, Summer, 2004

UNDERWOOD, Marion K. Social Aggression Among Girls. New York: The Guilford Press, 2003. 300pp. $44.00 (h), $24.00 (p).

While several recent popular books address the topic of girls' "meanness" to one another, this volume offers a balanced, scholarly analysis of scientific knowledge in this area. Integrating current research on emotion regulation, gender, and peer relations, the book examines how girls are socialized to experience and express anger and aggression from infancy through adolescence. Considered are the developmental functions of such behaviors as gossip, friendship manipulation, and social exclusion; consequences for both victims and perpetrators; and approaches to intervention and prevention.

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