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ERIC Number: EJ1124855
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Dec
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1381-2890
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Recollections of Childhood Bullying and Multiple Forms of Victimization: Correlates with Psychological Functioning among College Students
Espelage, Dorothy L.; Hong, Jun Sung; Mebane, Sarah
Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, v19 n4 p715-728 Dec 2016
This retrospective investigation examined the association among childhood bullying victimization, multiple forms of victimization, and psychological functioning in a college sample. Four hundred-and-eighty-two undergraduate students participated in the study (M = 19.98 years, SD = 1.82). The sample included 65% women. For race/ethnicity, 66.4% were European-American (N = 320), 16.8% African-American (N = 81). For grade level, 21.6% were freshmen (N = 104), followed by 38.2% sophomores (N = 184), 16.2% juniors (N = 78), and 23.4% seniors (N = 113). Participants completed a survey packet of measures assessing childhood bullying victimization experiences and current levels of psychological functioning. Findings indicated that bullying victimization significantly predicted greater levels of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress (PTS) after controlling for other childhood victimization experiences. PTS symptoms were predicted by exposure to community violence and child abuse with bullying victimization was found to be the strongest predictor. College-level practitioners need to assess for a wide range of childhood victimization experiences, including bullying victimization.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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