Relational aggression refers to behaviors aimed to hurt others’\rinterpersonal relationships or social reputation. The purpose of this study was to develop a self-reported scale to evaluate the tendencies of relational aggression toward different provocation among Taiwanese college students. The “Situational Scale of Relational Aggression”\r(SSRA) consisted of 14 provocative situations categorized as “ordinary provocation,”“relational provocation with close friends,” and “relational provocation with general friends.” Two subtypes of relationally aggressive behaviors were presented: “mediumoriented relationalaggression” and “target-oriented relational aggression.” The SSRAwas administrated to a sample of 1,502 college students. In reliability analysis, the results suggested acceptable internal consistency and test-retest reliability. In validity analysis, the confirmatory factor analyses were performed, showing that the overall model fit the data well. Also, SSRA was negatively correlated with the “Student Adaptationto College Questionnaire,” and SSRA validly discriminated males from females in certain provocative types and subscales. Further discussions and implications of the measure were provided. |