Revenge across Childhood and Adolescence

This book explores normative and problematic aspects of revenge in childhood and adolescence at various levels of youths' social ecologies.

Holly Recchia (Edited by), Cecilia Wainryb (Edited by)

9781108702362, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 23 March 2023

333 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.484 kg

'Parents, counselors working with youth, and school administrators seeking an informed understanding of revenge and the retaliatory behaviors youthful actors present will value this work … Recommended.' R. E. Osborne, CHOICE

This volume brings together research on revenge across childhood and adolescence to explore how revenge is a part of normative development, but also arises from maladaptive social environments. The chapters demonstrate the ways in which revenge is intertwined with social, emotional, cognitive, and moral development as well as being informed by interpersonal experiences within familial, educational, community, and cultural social settings. The book summarizes international scholarship on revenge across early childhood to late adolescence from a wide variety of interdisciplinary perspectives to provide a comprehensive overview of the field. The authors address how individual differences in revenge emerge as an adaptation to the challenges faced when growing up in adverse social and societal conditions. They then suggest a range of avenues for effective intervention that take account of the complexity of revenge as a psychological and social phenomenon.

1. And if you Wrong us, Shall we not Revenge? The Value of Grappling With the Experience of Revenge Among Youth Cecilia Wainryb and Holly Recchia
2. A Framework for Understanding Variation in Youth Revenge Motivations and Retaliatory Behaviors Kristina L. McDonald, Joo Young Yang, Sunmi Seo and Stephen A. Erath
3. Normative Changes and Individual Differences in Retaliation Judgments: A Constructivist Developmental Perspective Courtney L. Ball, Judith G. Smetana, Jessica S. Caporaso, Janet J. Boseovski and Stuart Marcovitch
4. Developing Revenge in Early Childhood: Current Evidence and Future Directions Charles P. Baxley and Audun Dahl
5. Understanding Youths' Retaliatory Experiences Through the Lens of Moral Agency Holly Recchia and Cecilia Wainryb
6. Cultural Systems and the Development of Norms Governing Revenge and Retribution Karin S. Frey, Adaurennaya C. Onyewuenyi, Zoe Higheagle Strong and Ian A. Waller
7. Settling the Score in a Zero-Sum Game: Understanding Revenge Among Urban Male Youth Overexposed to Gun Violence Deanna L. Wilkinson
8. Intergroup Processes: Revenge among Youth Living Amid Protracted Conflict Dean O'Driscoll, Angelica Restrepo and Laura K. Taylor
9. Revenge, Justice Systems, and Institutional Trust in Schools: Narrative Considerations Monisha Pasupathi and Paula Smith
10. The Importance of a Positive School Climate in Addressing Youth Retaliation Allison Ann Payne and Denise Wilson
11. Socioemotional Competencies and Positive Classroom Climate as Alternatives to Prevent Revenge in Colombian Schools Andrea Bustamante, Ana María Velásquez and Enrique Chaux
12. Looking Back and Charting a Course: Considering Individual, Interpersonal and Institutional Contributions to the Development of Revenge in Childhood and Adolescence Holly Recchia and Cecilia Wainryb.

Subject Areas: Psychology: emotions [JMQ], Child & developmental psychology [JMC], Psychology [JM]