Pacifists and Revenge-Seekers in Response to Unambiguous Peer Provocation.

ABSTRACT: In order to better understand why some children retaliate when they feel provoked and others do not, the present study identified "pacifistically-oriented" children who made negative interpretations in response to unambiguous provocations, yet did not endorse revenge goals, and compared them to "revenge-seeking" children who also made negative interpretations but did endorse revenge goals. Groups were identified based on seventh graders' (N = 367; 54.77% male; 22.89% racial/ethnic minority) responses to hypothetical situations in which a peer excluded and insulted them. Comparing these groups revealed that Pacifists endorsed relationship-maintaining goals and emotion regulation goals more highly than Revenge-Seekers. Revenge-Seekers reported more anger and endorsed beliefs about negative r

SUBMITTER: McDonald KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6053336 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature