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Correlation of the Experience of Peer Relational Aggression Victimization and Depression among African American Adolescent Females *
Author(s) -
Gomes Melissa M.,
Davis Bertha L.,
Baker Spencer R.,
Servonsky E. Jane
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2009.00196.x
Subject(s) - aggression , depression (economics) , feeling , psychology , clinical psychology , population , suicide prevention , human factors and ergonomics , correlation , injury prevention , poison control , developmental psychology , demography , medicine , social psychology , medical emergency , geometry , mathematics , sociology , macroeconomics , economics
PROBLEM: This study aimed to examine if the experience of peer relational aggression victimization (PRAV) can be linked to feelings of depression in the African American adolescent female population. METHODS: The sample included 241 college‐age African American adolescent females assessed for PRAV and depression. Statistical analysis was carried out to determine the relationship between the variables. FINDINGS: PRAV in this study population does exist as a detrimental phenomenon, whereby PRAV significantly correlates with depression, r (214) = 0.29, p < .01. CONCLUSION: Nurses can assist the adolescent clients experiencing relational aggression by becoming knowledgeable on the presentation and manifestations of this experience.