ERIC Number: EJ687367
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Aug
Pages: 21
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Peer Victimization: The Role of Emotions in Adaptive and Maladaptive Coping
Kochenderfer-Ladd, Becky
Social Development, v13 n3 p329-349 Aug 2004
Mediator models were examined in which children's emotional reactions to peer aggression were hypothesized to mediate their selection of coping strategies and subsequent peer victimization and internalizing problems. Self-report data were collected from 145 ethnically diverse kindergarten through fifth grade children (66 females and 79 males) who attended a predominantly low- to middle-class school. Hypothetical scenarios were used to assess children's anticipated responses to peer aggression. Victims reported more intense negative emotions (e.g., fear and anger) than did nonvictims. Fear emerged as a predictor of advice seeking which, in turn, predicted conflict resolution and fewer internalizing problems. Conflict resolution was associated with reductions in victimization. Anger and embarrassment predicted revenge seeking which, in turn, was associated with increases in victimization. Additional pathways predicting changes in peer victimization across a single academic year as a function of children's emotional and coping responses to peer abuse are discussed.
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Coping, Conflict Resolution, Grade 5, Victims of Crime, Fear, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Low Income Groups, Middle Class, Bullying, Emotional Response, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Elementary School Students, Aggression, Psychological Patterns, Predictor Variables
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 1; Grade 2; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5; Kindergarten
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Language: English
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