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Predictors of Peer Victimization among Urban Youth

Predictors of Peer Victimization among Urban Youth This study examined aggression and withdrawal as predictors of peer victimization. In addition, peer rejection was evaluated as both a moderator and mediator of these relations. The sample consisted of 1956 African‐American, Hispanic, and White elementary school‐aged boys and girls attending urban and inner‐city schools that were classified as high or moderate disadvantage. Correlation and regression analyses revealed that aggression predicted both contemporaneous and longitudinal victimization by peers. This relation maintained across school disadvantage, ethnicity, age, and sex, andwas mediated by rejection. Withdrawal, mediated by rejection, predicted victimization for fourth graders only; withdrawal also reduced risk for victimization for low rejected children. The implications for understanding the dynamics of childhood victimization and intervention are discussed. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Social Development Wiley

Predictors of Peer Victimization among Urban Youth

Social Development , Volume 9 (4) – Nov 1, 2000

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Wiley
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Copyright © 2000 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0961-205X
eISSN
1467-9507
DOI
10.1111/1467-9507.00141
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Abstract

This study examined aggression and withdrawal as predictors of peer victimization. In addition, peer rejection was evaluated as both a moderator and mediator of these relations. The sample consisted of 1956 African‐American, Hispanic, and White elementary school‐aged boys and girls attending urban and inner‐city schools that were classified as high or moderate disadvantage. Correlation and regression analyses revealed that aggression predicted both contemporaneous and longitudinal victimization by peers. This relation maintained across school disadvantage, ethnicity, age, and sex, andwas mediated by rejection. Withdrawal, mediated by rejection, predicted victimization for fourth graders only; withdrawal also reduced risk for victimization for low rejected children. The implications for understanding the dynamics of childhood victimization and intervention are discussed.

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Social DevelopmentWiley

Published: Nov 1, 2000

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