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Reconsidering the Failure Model: Using a Genetically Controlled Design to Assess the Spread of Problems from Reactive Aggression to Internalizing Symptoms through Peer Rejection across the Primary School Years
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Sharon Faur; Olivia Valdes; Frank Vitaro; Mara Brendgen; Michel Boivin; Brett Laursen – Child Development, 2024
According to the failure model (Patterson & Capaldi, 1990), peer rejection is the intermediary link between problem behaviors and internalizing symptoms. The present study tested the model with 464 monozygotic and same-sex dizygotic twin pairs (234 female, 230 male dyads). Teacher-reported reactive aggression and internalizing symptoms, and…
Descriptors: Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Genetics, Aggression, Rejection (Psychology)
Does Defending Victimized Peers Put Youth at Risk of Being Victimized?
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Malamut, Sarah T.; Trach, Jessica; Garandeau, Claire F.; Salmivalli, Christina – Child Development, 2023
Defending peers who have been bullied is often thought to put defenders at risk of becoming victimized themselves. The study investigated the concurrent and prospective associations between defending and (peer- and self-reported) victimization, and examined popularity and classroom norms as potential moderators. Participants included 4085 Finnish…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Victims, Advocacy, Correlation
Are Victims of Bullying Primarily Social Outcasts? Person-Group Dissimilarities in Relational, Socio-Behavioral, and Physical Characteristics as Predictors of Victimization
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Kaufman, Tessa M. L.; Laninga-Wijnen, Lydia; Lodder, Gerine M. A. – Child Development, 2022
Existing literature has mostly explained the occurrence of bullying victimization by individual socioemotional maladjustment. Instead, this study tested the person-group dissimilarity model (Wright et al., "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology," 50: 523-536, 1986) by examining whether individuals' deviation from developmentally…
Descriptors: Victims, Bullying, Peer Acceptance, Peer Relationship
Peer Acceptance and Rejection during Secondary School: Do Associations with Subsequent Educational Outcomes Vary by Socioeconomic Background?
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Stephanie Plenty; Chaïm la Roi – Child Development, 2024
Research shows that peer relationships are associated with students' school adjustment. However, the importance of advantageous and disadvantageous factors for students' educational outcomes may vary by socioeconomic positioning. Drawing on sociometric and register data from a nationally representative sample of Swedish youth (n = 4996, girls 50%;…
Descriptors: Peer Acceptance, Rejection (Psychology), Outcomes of Education, Socioeconomic Status
Why Does Classroom-Level Victimization Moderate the Association between Victimization and Depressive Symptoms? The "Healthy Context Paradox" and Two Explanations
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Pan, Bin; Li, Tengfei; Ji, Linqin; Malamut, Sarah; Zhang, Wenxin; Salmivalli, Christina – Child Development, 2021
The present longitudinal study examined how and why classroom-level victimization moderates the prospective association between peer victimization and depressive symptoms with 2,643 third- and fourth-graders (M[subscript age] = 10.01 years) in China. Multilevel modeling revealed that peer victimization was more strongly associated with increasing…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Victims, Bullying, Peer Acceptance
Testing the Effectiveness of the "Developing Inclusive Youth" Program: A Multisite Randomized Control Trial
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Killen, Melanie; Burkholder, Amanda R.; D'Esterre, Alexander P.; Sims, Riley N.; Glidden, Jacquelyn; Yee, Kathryn M.; Luken Raz, Katherine V.; Elenbaas, Laura; Rizzo, Michael T.; Woodward, Bonnie; Samuelson, Arvid; Sweet, Tracy M.; Stapleton, Laura M. – Child Development, 2022
The "Developing Inclusive Youth" program is a classroom-based, individually administered video tool that depicts peer-based social and racial exclusion, combined with teacher-led discussions. A multisite randomized control trial was implemented with 983 participants (502 females; 58.5% White, 41.5% Ethnic/racial minority; M[subscript…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Video Technology, Racial Bias, Peer Relationship