英文摘要 |
This study aimed to examine the associations between social goals and aggressive behavior in middle school students and whether classroom climate and gender moderate the relationship between social goals and aggressive behavior. The participants were recruited from 11 classes in a middle school in Taipei, with a total of 261 students, including 133 boys and 128 girls (average age 14.64 years old). The measurement tools used in this study were the Chinese version of the 'Social Goal Questionnaire' (including dominance, intimacy, and popular goals), 'Classroom Peer Context Questionnaire' (including comfort, cooperation, cohesion, conflict, and isolation), and 'Aggression Questionnaire' (including relational aggression and overt aggression). The findings are as follows: (1) In the low positive (i.e., comfort, cooperation, cohesion) classroom climate and high conflict classroom climate, boys with a higher level of dominant goals tend to have more overt aggressive behavior. In the high comfort classroom climate, both boys and girls with a higher level of dominant goal tend to exhibit more overt aggressive behavior. (2) In the high-comfort classroom climate, girls with a higher level of intimate goals tend to exhibit more relational aggressive behavior. (3) In the high-conflict classroom climate, boys with a higher level of popular goals tend to exhibit more overt aggressive behavior. |