Early Puberty, Peer Victimization, and Internalizing Symptoms in Ethnic Minority Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Nadeem, Erum; Graham, Sandra
Titel	Early Puberty, Peer Victimization, and Internalizing Symptoms in Ethnic Minority Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 25 (2005) 2, S.197-222 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431604274177
Schlagwörter	Grade 6; Victims of Crime; Puberty; Adolescents; Depression (Psychology); African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Adolescent Development; Bullying; Self Concept; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Social Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Pubertät; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Mobbing; Selbstkonzept; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Sozialer Einfluss
Abstract	One thousand twenty-four African American and Latino sixth graders participated in a study examining the moderating role of pubertal development on the relation between peer victimization and adolescent self-worth, depressed mood, and physical symptoms using peer and self-reported victimization. It was hypothesized that early-maturing girls who were victimized would experience heightened internalized distress. Among boys, two competing hypotheses were tested: (a) the imbalance of power hypothesis predicted that late-maturing boys who were victimized would experience more psychological distress; and (b) the social misfit hypothesis predicted that early-maturing victims would experience more distress. Results indicated that African American and Latino early-maturing boys and girls who were viewed as victims by their peers reported elevated depressed mood and physical symptoms and lower self-worth. The moderating role of early puberty was documented with reputational (peer report) measures of victimization rather than self-report measures, which highlights the social consequences of early maturation. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10