Mean Girls Grown Up

CHERYL DELLASEGA, Ph.D., is a professor in the College of Medicine and Department of Humanities at Pennsylvania State University. In addition to having written more than fifty academic publications, she is the author of three books: Surviving Ophelia, Girl Wars, and The Starving Family. Dellasega lectures frequently on the topics of relational aggression and mother-daughter relationships.

Acknowledgments.Introduction.PART ONE: Relational Aggression 201: The Who, What, and Why of RA.1. All Grown Up and Ready to Sting: Adult Female Aggression.2. Why Women Aren't More Like Men.3. Big Bullies and Other Aggressive Types: The Queen Bee.4. From Mild to Bad and In Between: The Middle Bee.5. Blindsided, Backstabbed, and Bruised: The Afraid-to-Bee.6. Weapons of Choice.PART TWO: Our Own Worst Enemies: Aggression at Work, at Home, and at Play.7. Women at Work 818. Sharing Space: Ages and Stages of Aggression 979. Forced to Be Family: The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly of Female In-Laws.10. Mrs. Popularity and the Mom Clique.11. Relational Aggression Where You Least Expect It.PART THREE: Recognize, Revise, and Internalize: Changing the RA Way of Life.12. Who Are You in the Bee Dynamic?: A Relational Aggression Assessment.13. Healing Residual Relation Aggression: Overcoming the Past.14. The Power of Forgiveness.15. The Won't Bee.16. A New Relational You.17. Don't Stop with Yourself.APPENDIX A: Communication That Counts: Connecting through Words.APPENDIX B: Talking to Yourself in Ways That Help.APPENDIX C: Netiquette Tips.APPENDIX D: Mentoring Resources.References.Index.