ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Socioeconomic Status As a Moderator of Caregiver-Reported Relational Aggression and Psychopathology

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Clinical Science

  • Felicia Tuchman
    Northwestern University
  • Cassandra Brandes
    Northwestern University
  • Jennifer Tackett
    Northwestern University

Abstract

In a study of 350 preadolescents and their caregivers, caregiver-reported relational aggression was found to be positively correlated with psychopathology. In one measure, socioeconomic status moderated this relationship. Results lend cautious support to relational aggression as adaptive in children of low socioeconomic status.

Psychopathology