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My research team (see the Crick
Social Development Lab) has focused recently on the
study of relational aggression (e.g., using social
exclusion or rumor spreading as a form of retaliation), a
form of aggression that has been shown to be more
characteristic of girls than are the physical, overt
forms of aggression that traditionally have been studied
in the past. To date, our studies have shown that 1)
relationally aggressive children are at risk for both
concurrent and future social-psychological maladjustment
(e.g., peer rejection, problematic friendships), 2)
children who engage in gender non-normative forms of
aggression (relationally aggressive boys and overtly
aggressive girls) may be at heightened risk for
maladjustment, and 3) social information-processing
factors may play a role in the generation of relationally
aggressive behaviors. We are currently conducting a
five-year longitudinal study of the antecedents (e.g.,
parent and sibling socialization factors), correlates
(e.g., friendship qualities), and consequences (e.g.,
depression, delinquency) of relational and overt
aggression in which we are following children from their
third to their sixth years of school.
For more on her research see "Sugar
and spice—NOT!: Aggression in girls"
Recent
publications
Burr, JE, Ostrov, JM, Jansen, EA, Cullerton-Sen, C, & Crick, NR
(2005) Relational Aggression and Friendship During Early Childhood:
"I Won't Be Your Friend'! Early Education and Development
16(2), 161-183.
Cullerton-Sen, C, & Crick, NR (2005). Understanding the Effects of
Physical and Relational Victimization: The Utility of Multiple
Perspectives in Predicting Social-Emotional Adjustment. School
Psychology Review 34(2), 147-160.
Ostrov, JM & Crick, NR (2005). Current Directions in the Study of
Relational Aggression During Early Childhood. Early Education
and Development 16(2), 109-113.
Ostrov, JM, Crick, NR, & Keating, CF (2005) Gender-biased
Perceptions of Preschoolers' Behavior: How Much Is Aggression and
Prosocial Behavior in the Eye of the Beholder? Sex Roles
52(5-6), 393-398.
Crick, NR Ostrov, JM, Appleyard, K, Jansen, EA & Casas, JF
(2004). Relational Aggression in Early Childhood: "You Can't Come
to My Birthday Party Unless..." In: Putallaz, M & Bierman, KL (Eds).
Aggression, antisocial behavior, and violence among girls: A
developmental perspective. (pp. 71-89). New York: Guilford
Publications, Inc.
Ostrov, JM, Woods, KE, Jansen, EA, Casas, JF, & Crick, NR
(2004). An observational study of delivered and received
aggression, gender, and social-psychological adjustment in
preschool: "This White Crayon Doesn't Work...". Early Childhood
Research Quarterly 19(2), 355-371.
Werner, NE & Crick, NR (2004). Maladaptive Peer Relationships and
the Development of Relational and Physical Aggression During Middle
Childhood. Social Development 13(4), 495-514.
Crick, NR (2003). A gender-balanced approach to the study of
childhood aggression and reciprocal family influences. In: Crouter,
AC & Booth, A (Eds). Children's influence on family dynamics:
The neglected side of family relationships. (pp. 229-235).
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.
Crick, NR & Zahn-Waxler, C (2003). The development of
psychopathology in females and males: Current progress and future
challenges. Development and Psychopathology 15(3), 719-742.
November 2005
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