Victimization and its associations with peer rejection and fear of victimization: Moderating effects of individual-level and classroom-level characteristics

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12129" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12129</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12129" target="_blank" >10.1111/bjep.12129</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Victimization and its associations with peer rejection and fear of victimization: Moderating effects of individual-level and classroom-level characteristics

Original language description

Past research has shown that peer victimization by bullying is associated with peer rejection and fear of victimization, but little is known about the interplay between victimization and other characteristics in the prediction of these experiences. We assume that the associations between victimization and peer rejection/fear of victimization are moderated by multiple characteristics, including aspects of peer ecology. The study tested whether the links between victimization and peer rejection/fear of victimization are moderated by gender, peer support, and two features of classroom peer ecology: classroom victimization rate and classroom hierarchy (the variability of popularity among students). The sample included 512 early adolescents attending sixth grade retrieved from 25 elementary school classrooms. Participants completed a set of self-report and peer nomination instruments in classroom settings. Multilevel linear modelling showed that higher levels of peer rejection were associated with higher victimization, male gender, and lower peer support. The association between victimization and peer rejection was attenuated for females and when the classroom victimization rate was higher. A higher fear of victimization was related to higher victimization, female gender, lower peer support, and a higher classroom victimization rate. The link between victimization and fear of victimization was strengthened by female gender and higher levels of classroom hierarchy. The results indicate the relevance of the interplay between victimization and gender and between victimization and classroom peer ecology in understanding peer rejection and fear of victimization.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AN - Psychology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GA15-00682S" target="_blank" >GA15-00682S: Defending victims of bullying: The longitudinal role of individual and group factors</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

British Journal of Educational Psychology

ISSN

0007-0998

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

86

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

640-656

UT code for WoS article

000392722200009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84997683944