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Relational Aggression

Self-report measure on the extent to which youth experience and perpetrate relational aggression.

relational aggression, social aggression, exclusion, peer victimization
Julie Rusby
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Julie C. Rusby
juliecr@ori.org

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Instrument

6 items on victimization of relational aggression
5 items on relational aggression perpetration

8-point frequency response scale, similar to that used in the Child and Adolescent Disruptive Behavior Inventory (CADBI)-- Burns, Taylor, & Rusby (1999).
upload/RelationalAggressionQ2009.pdf

Assessment Modality

Respondent

Youth self report

Instrument Details

Middle childhood, early adolescence, adolescence.

Questions are framed in the context of school (d.g., "how many times did a student . . . "
English and Spanish
About 5 minutes
11
Victim of social aggression= How often did: a) a student threaten to not do things with you or not be your friend?, b) a student refuse to talk to you?, c) you get excluded from doing activities with a group of students?, d) students gossip or spread rumors about you?, 5) How often did students tell lies about you?, and 6) How often did a student encourage others not to talk to you?

Perpetration of social aggression = How often did you: a) refuse to talk to another student, b) try to exclude a student from group activities, c) gossip or spread rumors about another student, d) tell lies about another student, and e) encourage others not to talk to another student?
Rusby, J. C. (2009). Perpetration and Victimization of Relational Aggression Questionnaire, Self-Report. Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon.
Revised from: Burns, GL., Taylor, TK., & Rusby, J. C. (2001b) Child and Adolescent Disruptive Behavior Inventory 2.3: Teacher Version. Pullman: Washington State University, Department of Psychology

Publications & Presentations

Rusby, J. C., Crowley, R., Sprague, J., & Biglan, A. (2009, May). Relational and overt aggression among peers in middle school settings: Behavior Correlates and school level predictors. In J. C. Rusby (Chair), Relational and physical aggression among peers in school settings: Associations and predictor of problem behaviors in middle childhood and early adolescence. Symposium conducted at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC.
upload/RelationalOvertAggressionSPR09.pdf

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Psychometric Properties

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Psychometrics for Relational Aggression - Julie Rusby