TY - JOUR
T1 - Temperamental Differences in Children's Reactions to Peer Victimization
AU - Sugimura, Niwako
AU - Rudolph, Karen D.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a University of Illinois Arnold O. Beckman Award and National Institute of Mental Health Grant MH68444 awarded to Karen D. Rudolph. We thank the families and schools who participated in this study. We are grateful to Jamie Abaied, Molly Bartlett, Sarah Kang, and Megan Flynn for their assistance in data collection and management. We are also grateful to Monica Agoston, Hannah Bianco, Lauren Bohn, Nicole Llewelyn, Eva Pomerantz, and Jennifer Schmidt for provision of feedback on earlier drafts.
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - This research examined the hypothesis that temperament and sex moderate the contribution of peer victimization to children's subsequent adjustment (aggression and depressive symptoms). Children (125 boys, 158 girls; M age = 7.95 years, SD = 0.32; 77.7% White, 22.3% minority) and teachers reported on overt and relational victimization. Parents rated children's temperament (inhibitory control and negative emotionality) and depressive symptoms, and teachers reported on children's overt and relational aggression. Across a 1-year period, (a) overt victimization predicted overt aggression in girls with poor inhibitory control, (b) overt and relational victimization predicted depressive symptoms in girls with high negative emotionality, and (c) relational victimization predicted depressive symptoms in boys with low negative emotionality. This research helps to explain individual variation in children's reactions to peer victimization and has implications for Person × Environment models of development. Moreover, this research informs the development of targeted intervention programs for victimized youth that bolster specific resources depending on their temperament.
AB - This research examined the hypothesis that temperament and sex moderate the contribution of peer victimization to children's subsequent adjustment (aggression and depressive symptoms). Children (125 boys, 158 girls; M age = 7.95 years, SD = 0.32; 77.7% White, 22.3% minority) and teachers reported on overt and relational victimization. Parents rated children's temperament (inhibitory control and negative emotionality) and depressive symptoms, and teachers reported on children's overt and relational aggression. Across a 1-year period, (a) overt victimization predicted overt aggression in girls with poor inhibitory control, (b) overt and relational victimization predicted depressive symptoms in girls with high negative emotionality, and (c) relational victimization predicted depressive symptoms in boys with low negative emotionality. This research helps to explain individual variation in children's reactions to peer victimization and has implications for Person × Environment models of development. Moreover, this research informs the development of targeted intervention programs for victimized youth that bolster specific resources depending on their temperament.
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U2 - 10.1080/15374416.2012.656555
DO - 10.1080/15374416.2012.656555
M3 - Article
C2 - 22420650
AN - SCOPUS:84861320610
SN - 1537-4416
VL - 41
SP - 314
EP - 328
JO - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
JF - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
IS - 3
ER -