Interpretations and revenge goals in response to peer provocations: Comparing adolescents in the United States and Pakistan.

ABSTRACT: This study examined cultural specificity in how interpretations about peer provocation are associated with revenge goals and aggression. The sample consisted of young adolescents from the United States (369 seventh-graders; 54.7% male; 77.2% identified as White) and from Pakistan (358 seventh-graders; 39.2% male). Participants rated their interpretations and revenge goals in response to six peer provocation vignettes and completed peer nominations of aggressive behavior. Multi-group SEM models indicated cultural specificity in how interpretations were related to revenge goals. Interpretations that a friendship with the provocateur was unlikely were uniquely related to revenge goals for Pakistani adolescents. For U.S adolescents positive interpretations were negatively related to revenge bu

SUBMITTER: McDonald KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9977067 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature