- Relational aggression
Relational aggression, also known as covert bullyingcite book |author=McGrath, Mary Zabolio |title=School Bullying: Tools for Avoiding Harm and Liability |publisher=Corwin Press |location=Thousand Oaks, Calif | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=CCHBVNtm8Z4C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0 |year=2006 |pages= 21|isbn=1-4129-1571-6 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate= 2008-09-04] is a type of
psychological abuse in which harm is caused through or to relationships.cite book |author=Marion K. Underwood |title=Social Aggression among Girls (Guilford Series On Social And Emotional Development) |publisher=The Guilford Press |url = http://books.google.com/books?id=lVYYibc0hmEC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0 | location=New York |year=2003 |pages= |isbn=1-57230-865-6 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate= 2008-09-04] Relational aggression is more common and more studied among girls than boys and varies by age; younger children are more likely to use overt means such as refusing to play with another child. Older children are more likely to be covert, using rumours, lies and indirect means.cite book |author=Tauber, Robert T. |title=Classroom management: sound theory and effective practice |publisher=Praeger Publishers |location=New York |year=2007 |pages= |isbn=0-275-99668-9 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate= 2008-09-04 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=XiQFyR41kysC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPA339,M1]ee also
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Bullying
*Emotional abuse
*Relational disorder References
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