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Girl Drama: Behind the Scenes

Savage-Gentry, Rashida S
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1367500931

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2013, Doctor of Philosophy, Miami University, Educational Leadership.
The purpose of this study was to explore how adolescent girls navigate conflict. This research study was designed to understand the various forms of mediation or conflict resolution between adolescent girls, explore the performance of conflict, as well as investigate the possibility of consistency in mediation forms implemented. From an interactionist approach this exploration attempted to understand the ways in which adolescent girls make sense of their life situations and the ways in which they go about the process of conflict mediation on a day to day basis, through their accounts of meaning, interpretation, activities and interactions throughout their experiences. The roles of the peer group or social community in this process were further explored. The results of this overall study suggest that the experience of girl drama is a normal process for some adolescent females. The results further provide an understanding of how the experience of conflict navigation may have an impact on identity construction.
Michael Dantley (Advisor)
Lisa Weems (Committee Member)
Karen Beard (Committee Member)
Gwen Etter-Lewis (Committee Member)
Denise Baszile-Taliafero (Committee Member)
73 p.
Communication; Counseling Psychology; Educational Leadership
Social Aggression; Performance of Conflict; Identity Construction; Relational Aggression; Physical Aggression; Aggression

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  • Savage-Gentry, R. S. (2013). Girl Drama: Behind the Scenes [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1367500931

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Savage-Gentry, Rashida. Girl Drama: Behind the Scenes. 2013. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1367500931.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Savage-Gentry, Rashida. "Girl Drama: Behind the Scenes." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1367500931

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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