Seminal work on relational aggression in middle childhood began in 1995 and the first study to examine relational aggression in early childhood was published in 1996 in the Journal of Research in Childhood Education. Since then, an abundance of research examining the prevalence of relational aggression during early childhood has been published in over 53 peer-reviewed journals. This review summarises the empirical evidence from these studies. A systematic search of the literature published between 1995 and 2019 identified 106 studies for inclusion. Studies were coded to extract data on participant characteristics, measurement characteristics, the prevalence of relational aggression, dependent variables (psychosocial factors), and research rigor. Results indicate that the prevalence of relational aggression during early childhood has remained stable over the past 25 years. However, we observed considerable heterogeneity regarding the instruments and informants that were used and psychosocial factors that were evaluated in the different studies. Recommendations and consideration are given to future directions in the study of relational aggression during early childhood.

1995年开始了有关中年儿童关系攻击的开创性工作，1996年在《儿童教育研究》杂志上发表了第一个研究早期儿童中关系攻击的研究。从那以后，在53篇经过同行评审的期刊上发表了大量关于早期儿童关系攻击的研究。这篇综述总结了这些研究的经验证据。对1995年至2019年发表的文献进行系统搜索，确定了106项纳入研究。对研究进行编码以提取有关参与者特征，测量特征，关系攻击的患病率，因变量（社会心理因素）和严谨性的数据。结果表明，在过去的25年中，儿童早期关系攻击的发生率一直保持稳定。但是，我们观察到在所使用的工具和信息提供者以及在不同研究中评估的社会心理因素之间存在很大的异质性。在儿童早期关系攻击研究中，提出了建议并考虑了未来的方向。