I ) direct physical, 2) direct verbal, and 3) indirect aggression. Indirect aggression becomes prevalent among girls at about the age of 1 1 , although the use of indirect strategies may
be discerned already among younger children. Indirect aggression is used significantly more by
females than by males. In the latter, indirect aggression
was defined as 'social manipulation,' attacking a target person not directly, but circuitously,
thereby remaining unidentified and avoiding counterattack (e.g. manipulating others to attack an
opponent, excluding an individual from the social group, spreading malicious rumors, etc.).