Relational Aggression In The Movie Grechen

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As defined relational aggression between girls is relational, making them feel less than or rejected which result from girls falsely commenting about one another behind each other’s back. Such statements may be acted upon when teen girls want to speak positively about one another, but end up speaking falsely about another teen girl due to their envies feelings overcoming their positive actions, such as Regina did when she wanted to help Cady get Aarons attention. In the movie Grechen also acts upon anger by mentioning problems and changes such as Regina’s nose job and her parents not sleeping together to Cady. At this point in a teens life a healthy self-esteem becomes very important, because they are aware of their physical appearances and

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