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A longitudinal analysis of patterns of adjustment following peer victimization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2002

LAURA D. HANISH
Affiliation:
Arizona State University
NANCY G. GUERRA
Affiliation:
University of California at Riverside University

Abstract

This study examined the effects of being victimized by peers on children's behavioral,social, emotional, and academic functioning. We assessed an ethnically diverse sample of 2,064first, second, and fourth graders and followed them over 2 years, locating 1,469 of theparticipants at the follow-up. Correlation and partial correlation analyses revealed that priorvictimization predicted externalizing, internalizing, and social problems 2 years later for thesample as a whole. However, not all victimized children experienced the same types of outcomes;instead, there was heterogeneity in children's responses to victimization. Using clusteranalysis, we identified eight outcome patterns that represented different patterns of functioning.These were labeled as externalizing, internalizing, symptomatic, popular, disliked, absent, lowachieving, and high achieving. Discriminant function analyses revealed that the symptomatic,externalizing, and disliked patterns were systematically related to victimization. Moreover,significant gender and age differences in the severity of effects were obtained. The discussionhighlights the complexity of victimization effects.

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© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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