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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
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
Longitudinal Associations among Youth Depressive Symptoms, Peer Victimization, and Low Peer Acceptance: An Interpersonal Process Perspective
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Kochel, Karen P.; Ladd, Gary W.; Rudolph, Karen D. – Child Development, 2012
A longitudinal investigation was conducted to explicate the network of associations between depressive symptoms and peer difficulties among 486 fourth through sixth graders (M = 9.93 years). Parent and teacher reports of depressive symptoms; peer, self, and teacher reports of victimization; and peer reports of peer acceptance were obtained. A…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Grade 6, Grade 4, Grade 5
Concurrent and Longitudinal Relations between Children's Playground Behavior and Social Preference, Victimization, and Bullying.
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Boulton, Michael J. – Child Development, 1999
Examined concurrent and longitudinal links between observational measures of 8- to 9-year olds' playground behaviors/peer contacts (alone, conversation, group size, and network) and three sociometric measures of peer relationships (social preference, bully, and victim). Found significant concurrent and predictive relationships, with relationships…
Descriptors: Bullying, Children, Longitudinal Studies, Peer Acceptance
Prospective Relations among Victimization, Rejection, Friendlessness, and Children's Self- and Peer-Perceptions
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Salmivalli, Christina; Isaacs, Jenny – Child Development, 2005
This study investigated the prospective links between three forms of peer adversities (i.e., victimization, rejection, and lack of reciprocated friendships) and children's perceptions of themselves and of their peers. The sample consisted of 212 children (107 boys and 105 girls, 11-13 years) recruited from four primary schools and followed up for…
Descriptors: Rejection (Psychology), Peer Relationship, Social Cognition, Self Concept