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Functions of Aggression and Peer Victimization in Elementary School Children: the Mediating Role of Social Preference

Auteurs: Sam Manring, L. Christian Elledge, Lisette W. Swails, Eric M. Vernberg

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Uitgave 4/2018

Abstract

This study examined whether social preference was a mechanism that explained the relation between proactive and reactive aggression and peer victimization. Participants were 494 children in grades 2–5. Proactive and reactive aggression was assessed via a self-report measure and indices of social preference and peer victimization were assessed via a peer nomination inventory. Data was collected during the fall and spring of two academic years. The relations among aggression, social preference, and peer victimization varied as a function of aggression and gender. For girls, reactive aggression was a significant negative predictor of social preference. Findings also revealed social preference mediated the relation between reactive aggression and peer victimization for girls. This pathway did not hold for boys. There was some evidence that proactive aggression was negatively associated with peer victimization, but only for girls. Findings from the current study suggest social preference may be a key mechanism through which reactive aggression is associated with future victimization for girls. Boys’ aggression was not related to subsequent peer victimization. Future research and intervention efforts should consider gender differences and the function of aggression when investigating children’s peer victimization experiences.

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Titel: Functions of Aggression and Peer Victimization in Elementary School Children: the Mediating Role of Social Preference
Auteurs: Sam Manring
L. Christian Elledge
Lisette W. Swails
Eric M. Vernberg
Publicatiedatum: 28-07-2017
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology / Uitgave 4/2018
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-017-0328-z

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