ERIC Number: EJ1280385
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jan
Pages: 30
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0272-4316
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Parents' Responses to Peer Victimization: Associations with Early Adolescent Coping and Peer Victimization
Tu, Kelly M.; Erath, Stephen A.; Pettit, Gregory S.; Vandenberg, Carlynn
Journal of Early Adolescence, v41 n1 p167-196 Jan 2021
Prospective associations linking parental responses to peer victimization (i.e., coping suggestions, school contact) with adolescents' coping and experiences of peer victimization were examined. Participants were 203 adolescents (X-bar[subscript] age = 12.16 years, SD = 0.98) and a parent (81% mothers). At Time 1, parents provided open-ended responses to a hypothetical peer victimization scenario. At Time 1 and Time 2, adolescents reported on peer victimization and coping with peer victimization. Parents' active-engaged responses to the hypothetical scenario (e.g., approaching the school) predicted more adolescent-reported conflict resolution and support seeking, whereas parents' passive-disengaged responses (e.g., tell an adult) predicted less adolescent-reported support seeking over time. Somewhat surprisingly, parents' positive and negative appraisals predicted less conflict resolution and revenge seeking, respectively. Parents' suggestions to be assertive predicted more peer victimization over time. Some gender differences emerged in associations between parents' responses and adolescents' coping and peer victimization. Implications of these findings and future directions are discussed.
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Victims, Bullying, Coping, Parent School Relationship, Peer Relationship, Early Adolescents, Predictor Variables, Conflict Resolution, Help Seeking, Antisocial Behavior, Gender Differences, Middle School Students, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Grade 6
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: BCS0921271; F31HD069152