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PEER VICTIMIZATION: EXPLORING PSYCHOSOCIAL CORRELATES AND RECIPROCAL LONGITUDINAL RELATIONSHIP
Author(s) -
You Sukkyung,
Yoon Jina
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.21779
Subject(s) - psychology , aggression , psychosocial , peer group , peer victimization , developmental psychology , longitudinal study , clinical psychology , multinomial logistic regression , poison control , injury prevention , medicine , psychiatry , environmental health , pathology , machine learning , computer science
The purpose of the current study was to investigate the peer victimization among a Korean adolescent sample (N = 3,449; female = 1,724). First, we examined the differences among peer victimization subgroups (bully, bully–victim, victim, and noninvolved) on psychosocial characteristics. We conducted a multinomial logistic regression to examine the relationship between peer victimization categories and individual, peer, and family factors. Findings showed that, compared with the nonaggressor/victim group, the aggressor‐only group reported lower levels of behavioral self‐control and higher levels of aggression and social skills; the victim‐only group reported lower levels of social skills and higher levels of stress over appearance; and the combined aggressor and victim group reported lower levels of behavioral self‐control, higher levels of aggression and social skills, and higher levels of stress over appearance. Second, we examined the reciprocal, longitudinal relationship between aggressor and victim experiences over 3 years using autoregressive cross‐lagged modeling. Results showed that adolescents who bullied others were highly likely to be bullied by others in the following year. Implications of these findings are discussed.