A Vicious Cycle of Peer Victimization? Problem Behavior Mediates Stability in Peer Victimization Over Time

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dc.contributor.authorAverdijk, M., Malti, T., Eisner, M., Ribeaud, D., & Farrington, D. P.
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T20:17:35Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T20:17:35Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractPurpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the mediating role of children’s internalizing symptoms and aggressive behavior in cycles of peer victimization. We hypothesized that victimization increases internalizing problems, reactive, and indirect aggression, which in turn were expected to increase the likelihood of later peer victimization. Methods: Data from four waves of a longitudinal study among a culturally diverse sample of 7- to 11-year-olds were used. Peer victimization was assessed via children’s self-reports. Parents and children rated internalizing symptoms. Teachers provided information about proactive, reactive, and indirect aggression. We tested our hypotheses using path models with maximum likelihood estimation. Multiple imputation was used to treat the missing values. Results: Path analyses revealed that peer victimization increased later internalizing symptoms and reactive and indirect aggression when controlled for previous problem behavior. In contrast, proactive aggression was not affected by peer victimization. Reactive aggression and internalizing symptoms mediated the effect of prior on later peer victimization. Conclusions: Our findings indicate that children’s problem behavior may contribute to an escalating cycle of peer victimization. (Author Abstracten_US
dc.identifier.citationAverdijk, M., Malti, T., Eisner, M., Ribeaud, D., & Farrington, D. P. (2016). A Vicious Cycle of Peer Victimization? Problem Behavior Mediates Stability in Peer Victimization Over Time. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 2(2), 1-20en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.academia.edu/download/42048435/Vicious_cycle_copy.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/2984
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminologyen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectbullyingen_US
dc.subjectemotional abuseen_US
dc.subjectphysical abuseen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectSwitzerlanden_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.titleA Vicious Cycle of Peer Victimization? Problem Behavior Mediates Stability in Peer Victimization Over Timeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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