TY - JOUR
T1 - Peer victimization and social-psychological adjustment in Hispanic and African-American children
AU - Storch, Eric A.
AU - Nock, Matthew K.
AU - Masia-Warner, Carrie
AU - Barlas, Mitchell E.
PY - 2003/12
Y1 - 2003/12
N2 - We examined the relation of overt and relational victimization to depressive symptoms, fear of negative evaluation (FNE), social avoidance, and loneliness in a sample of Hispanic and African-American children. The Social Experience Questionnaire, Children's Depression Inventory, Social Anxiety Scale for Children-Revised, and Asher Loneliness Scale were administered to 190 children in the fifth and sixth grades of an urban elementary school. Consistent with prior work, overt victimization was positively associated with depressive symptoms, FNE, social avoidance, and loneliness for both boys and girls. Relational victimization was found to be uniquely associated with depressive symptoms, FNE, and social avoidance of general situations for girls only. Prosocial behaviors from peers moderated the effects of relational victimization on loneliness, but no other social-psychological adjustment variables. Implications of our findings for the role of peer victimization and prosocial behaviors in the peer relationships of Hispanic and African-American children are discussed.
AB - We examined the relation of overt and relational victimization to depressive symptoms, fear of negative evaluation (FNE), social avoidance, and loneliness in a sample of Hispanic and African-American children. The Social Experience Questionnaire, Children's Depression Inventory, Social Anxiety Scale for Children-Revised, and Asher Loneliness Scale were administered to 190 children in the fifth and sixth grades of an urban elementary school. Consistent with prior work, overt victimization was positively associated with depressive symptoms, FNE, social avoidance, and loneliness for both boys and girls. Relational victimization was found to be uniquely associated with depressive symptoms, FNE, and social avoidance of general situations for girls only. Prosocial behaviors from peers moderated the effects of relational victimization on loneliness, but no other social-psychological adjustment variables. Implications of our findings for the role of peer victimization and prosocial behaviors in the peer relationships of Hispanic and African-American children are discussed.
KW - Children
KW - Ethnicity
KW - Peer relations
KW - Peer victimization
KW - Social-psychological adjustment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=2942677528&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1023/A:1026016124091
DO - 10.1023/A:1026016124091
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:2942677528
SN - 1062-1024
VL - 12
SP - 439
EP - 452
JO - Journal of Child and Family Studies
JF - Journal of Child and Family Studies
IS - 4
ER -