What Is Relational Aggression Affect Girls?

Girls aspire to fit in with society so they place great importance on appearances; however, society values looks that are unachievable by most. Unfortunately, young women have become slaves to a lost cause. Social media is the monster; nevertheless, we are the followers who feed into its influences. Social media played a large role in my childhood and it shaped the person I was back then. Shirt size, pant size, and body figure.

“If a child cannot learn in the way we teach, then we must teach in a way the child can learn.” This quote ties directly into a big issue in today’s society. As we look around us we see angry teens, unhappy children, and an increase in violence among adolescents. Childhood aggression is a phenomenon that needs to step into the spotlight among the psychological issues of this generation. While children are perceived to be joyful and jubilant, it seems that is not always the case. There are many factors that are believed to aid in this hostility, and research continues to be done in order to bring facts to the limelight. So often people wonder how a child can take a turn in the negative direction so quickly, and the answers are complex and hard

Social media deceives individuals by hiding hidden messages that brainwash them. For instance, by encouraging young girls to compare themselves to Instagram models who represent the "ideal" feminine beauty, these models are destroying young girls'

Social media is categorized under corporate media in which websites are used to advertise new trends through social networking sites that have many insecure teenagers. By looking at these images of other people, women often compare themselves to them. Girls love to look at pictures on Instagram, Tumblr and even Facebook of their friends and often compare themselves with them. Social media does not always impact one to change their self-image alone, however, the need to belong relates to the people whom women hang out with because those are the people who they feel accept them for who they are. Friends and social groups of these women look into social media for the ‘ideal woman’ they want to be and of course these women do not want to be the odd one out so they change themselves to be like their friends. To feel accepted, you compare your body image, looks, likes, hobbies, eating habits and so on to those that your friends feel are at the “moment trend.” Friends who constantly know what is in or

We see the objectification of women everywhere, especially because of the internet. Therefore, it has become a social norm. The internet has immensely influenced the way in which things are shared. The internet is accessible across the world and teenagers spend tremendous amounts of time online. So many people online photoshop their face and body to appear more “beautiful” and get more likes. Our generation has become obsessed with being accepted online by strangers. It’s unfortunate that society does not use social media to make a difference in the world and promote

Children Relational Aggression: 
The Effect of Children Aggressive on Peers Interaction
and the Gender Differences in the expression of aggression

In this literature review, I investigate existing scholarly writing in the areas of Instagram, Social comparison theory through the media, and low self-esteem due to body images on social media. Scholarship in each of these areas provides the groundwork necessary for me to conduct my own research in which I ask the question, “What are the social comparisons of Instagram and low self-esteem of body image pertaining to young girls?”

Physical and relational aggression within relationships around the world is depressingly widespread. Many people will be quick to attribute this to the large spectrum of violence being shown on media to everyone. Research has shown that being exposed to physical or relational aggression from any form of media can possibly have an impact of one’s likelihood to engage in such behavior. However, these explorations rarely look at the subject in the context of romantic relationships. In this research paper, Coyne et al. (2011) explore this with a focus on emerging (young) adults. Thus, they “uniquely focus on the association between media depictions of aggression and enactment of aggressive behavior toward a spouse or romantic partner” (Coyne et al., 2011, p. 56). Other differences in this research include the fact they participant are young adults, not the usual children who are considered to be more vulnerable to exposure than adults, and that the term “media” is more broadly defined along with “intimate partner violence” not only including physical but also aggression in the form of verbal or emotional bullying (relational aggression, to be precise) as well. Coyne et al. (2011) hypothesized several things: that exposure in the media to physical violence would be closely associated with both forms of aggression (physical and relational) within romantic relationships, the same for exposure to relational aggression in the media, that women would show more correlation between

Instagram impacts user’s self-image and self-esteem. Young girls and boys are being shot down by users not liking their image, commenting, or even sharing one’s post. Americans check Instagram multiple times a day, because they are looking to see how many likes, or comments they get. If these users’ do not get a certain amount of likes that exceeds their expectations they think, “I’m I pretty enough?”, “is the picture taken well?”, or “does anyone like me?”. This breaks down young Americans emotional health and well-being. Americans today that use Instagram are commenting publicly about how their self-esteem was jeopardized because of this form of social media. For example, Michelle Linker states “I feel anxiety over how many likes I get after I post a picture. If I get two likes, I feel like, what’s wrong with me? Some people judge Instagram by deleting photos that don’t get enough likes” (Gajanan). This quote is an example of how Instagram effects user’s emotionally. Some users even check their “like” count multiple times a day once uploaded for

Alcohol can be a huge factor in the prevalence of partner aggression across the world. It is important to determine if alcohol consumption can cause partner violence or if it can exacerbate the aggression of an individual. A study done by Graham, Bernards, Wilshack, and Gmel (2011) evaluated the relationship between alcohol consumption and the severity of aggression, and if these factors differ by country or by gender. They conducted this study by gathering data from 13 countries using cross-national surveys. The researchers hypothesized that alcohol and the severity of partner aggression will be different in each country and gender, and that alcohol can cause more severe aggression due to the cognitively and emotionally impact that it does to the perpetrator. They also stated that partner aggression when alcohol is involved is a public health concern, which should not get overlooked.

With aggression, gender differences do exist. Men are more likely to participate in physical aggression compared to women. Although both genders equally engage in verbal abuse or aggression, women are the more emotional type, according to several research studies. According to research, biologically speaking, there are physical strength differences between men and women which heightens the notion that gender differences do in fact exist. Moreover, aggression is viewed as a trigger as a result of extreme stressors and loss of self-control (Cambell & Muncer, 1987). There are also socialcultural and evolutionary factors that play a role in aggression and gender differences, studies have

This is important because when girls are told they are not good enough they lose self-esteem. Since the creation of social media, the age of girls who feel uncomfortable in their body has been lowering. According to the Time article “ How Social Media is a Toxic Mirror” by Rachel Simmons, “ psychologists found robust cross-cultural evidence linking social media to body image concerns, dieting, body surveillance, a drive for thinness and self objectification in adolescents”(2016). Social media is harmful to young people. Girls are twice as likely to feel this compared to boys. It has been proven that no matter your ethnic background social media lowers body confidence. Low body confidence leads to eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia. People with eating disorders are more likely to be depressed or even commit suicide. Eating disorders can have negative side effects such as heart failure. This all leads back to social media. As you can see, social media harms the self esteem and possibly the health of young

Take an example of a 15 year old girl who does not have a high self esteem she will continually keep refreshing and looking at her friends page who she think is so perfect. This is exactly what Kassondra Granata wrote about in her article called “Report: Social Media to Blame for Low Self-Esteem in Young Women”. Things like this will cause girls to become depressed which is not okay. Another thing that Granata wrote about it is that two thirds of 15-year-old-girls “said they were two fat” and that 53% of younger girls ages 12 to 13 said they wanted to lose weight. This type of mentally causes young girls to go back and forth between their “perfect” friend. Someones self esteem is not the only thing that is at risk a friendship is at risk as well. It is not a secret that friends will use social media against each other. Many times they will keep on looking at each others pages waiting for something worth to screenshot from their page and they will pull it up to use it against each other when they are argueing. This will lead to so much bickering between the two because one of them will take it one way and the other will interpret it a totally different

Relational aggression (RA) is defined as nonphysical behaviors that aim to deliberately cause harm to another individual by destroying relationships, harming social status or self-esteem, or public embarrassment (Crick, Werner, Casas, O’Brien, Nelson, Grotpeter, & Markon, 1999). Examples include behaviors such as purposely ignoring a peer, spreading rumors, creating undesirable gossip, and excluding a peer from group activities, (Crick, 1996; Crick & Grotpeter, 1995; Crick, Ostrov, & Werner, 2006). RA can occur as early as preschool years, and plays a huge role in the interactions among this population with behaviors such as covering one’s ears as a sign of ignoring another peer (Bonica, Arnold, Fisher, Zeljo, & Yershova, 2003; Crick et al.,

These studies highlighted the need for more data about appearance-related cyberbullying because they showed that there was prevalence of the issue. Another study that Berne, Frisén, and Kling (2014) discussed, found that girls are cyberbullied more often than boys about appearance. This information helps the authors to show how girls are often the targets of this issue, providing another area to explore. In addition, they discuss one study that found victims of cyberbullying tend to have lower self-esteem and two other studies that found girls exposed to the internet and social networking sites have lower self-esteem (Berne, Frisén, & Kling, 2014). The authors used these studies to create a story that showed there was an issue that can have negative effects, but there was little information about