Abstract：
Indirect aggression is commonly used in adulthood, but most researchers have focused on this behavior in romantic relationships or from an intrasexual competition perspective. Therefore, we aimed to understand the social characteristics and mental health correlates of indirect aggression by combining perspectives from developmental psychopathology and evolutionary psychology. We examined: (1) whether social characteristics (social comparison, hypercompetitiveness) contributed to indirect aggression (perpetration, victimization) and (2) whether there were indirect effects from indirect aggression (perpetration, victimization) to mental health difficulties through loneliness. In a cross-sectional sample of 475 young adults (57.7% women, 51.6% White, Mage = 20.2, SDage = 2.18), path analyses revealed that social comparison predicted indirect aggression victimization, which indirectly predicted mental health difficulties (depression, anxiety, somatic symptoms) through loneliness. In contrast, indirect aggression perpetration was only predicted by hypercompetitiveness. The findings highlight that reframing cognitions associated with social comparison could help prevent indirect aggression and mental health difficulties among young people.
摘要：
间接攻击通常在成年期使用，但是大多数研究人员都将这种行为集中在浪漫关系中或从性内竞争的角度来看。因此,我们旨在通过结合发展心理病理学和进化心理学的观点来了解间接攻击的社会特征和心理健康相关因素。我们研究了：(1)社会特征(社会比较，过度竞争力)促成了间接侵略(渗透，受害)和(2)间接侵略是否有间接影响(渗透，受害)通过孤独导致心理健康困难。在475名年轻成年人的横截面样本中(57.7%的女性，51.6%白色,法师=20.2，SDage=2.18），路径分析显示，社会比较预测了间接侵略受害，间接预测心理健康困难(抑郁症，焦虑,躯体症状)通过孤独。相比之下,间接侵略行为只能通过过度竞争来预测。研究结果强调，重塑与社会比较相关的认知可以帮助防止年轻人的间接侵略和心理健康困难。
