Beyond Bullying: Aggravating Elements of Peer Victimization Episodes

Autor/inn/en	Turner, Heather A.; Finkelhor, David; Shattuck, Anne; Hamby, Sherry; Mitchell, Kimberly
Titel	Beyond Bullying: Aggravating Elements of Peer Victimization Episodes
Quelle	In: School Psychology Quarterly, 30 (2015) 3, S.366-384 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1045-3830
DOI	10.1037/spq0000058
Schlagwörter	Victims; Peer Relationship; Bullying; Power Structure; Injuries; Weapons; Internet; Sexuality; Social Bias; Fear; Attendance Patterns; Trauma; Children; Adolescents; National Surveys; Interviews; Parent Attitudes; Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Family Structure; Aggression; Check Lists; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Victim; Opfer; Peer-Beziehungen; Mobbing; Weapon; Waffe; Sexualität; Furcht; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Elternverhalten; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Checkliste; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	This study sought to identify features of peer victimization that aggravate negative outcomes in children. The features that were assessed include "power imbalance," a commonly used criterion in defining bullying, and 5 other characteristics: injury, weapon involvement, Internet involvement, sexual content, and bias content. Three outcomes were assessed: level of fear, missing school, and trauma symptoms. A nationally representative sample of 3,164 children and youth ages 6-17 (51.8% male; 68.4% white, 12.5% black, 13.5% Hispanic, 5.7% other race) was obtained through Random Digit Dial and supplemented with an address-based sample to capture cell-phone-only households. One child was randomly selected from each household. Interviews were conducted with parents of children age 6-9 and with the youths themselves if they were age 10-17. Peer victimization was assessed with the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire (JVQ). Almost half (48.4%) of the entire sample of school-age children experienced at least 1 form of peer victimization in the past year. Injury and power imbalance independently increased the impact on children for all 3 outcomes. Additionally, weapon involvement and sexual content were associated with trauma symptoms, with sexual content having the strongest effect (B = 0.23, p < 0.001). This diversity of aggravating features suggests a need to reconsider the current emphasis on prioritizing bullying with its exclusionary power imbalance definition as the central focus for prevention and intervention. We recommend a broader focus on peer victimization along with more research to identify the aggravating features that signal the greatest need for intervention. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01