ERIC Number: EJ1149985
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Aug
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
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Peer Victimization Trajectories from Kindergarten through High School: Differential Pathways for Children's School Engagement and Achievement?
Ladd, Gary W.; Ettekal, Idean; Kochenderfer-Ladd, Becky
Journal of Educational Psychology, v109 n6 p826-841 Aug 2017
This investigation's aims were to map prevalence, normative trends, and patterns of continuity or change in school-based peer victimization throughout formal schooling (i.e., Grades K-12), and determine whether specific victimization patterns (i.e., differential trajectories) were associated with children's academic performance. A sample of 383 children (193 girls) was followed from kindergarten (M[subscript age] = 5.50) through Grade 12 (M[subscript age] = 17.89), and measures of peer victimization, school engagement, academic self-perceptions, and achievement were repeatedly administered across this epoch. Although it was the norm for victimization prevalence and frequency to decline across formal schooling, 5 trajectory subtypes were identified, capturing differences in victimization frequency and continuity (i.e., high-chronic, moderate-emerging, early victims, low victims, and nonvictims). Consistent with a chronic stress hypothesis, high-chronic victimization consistently was related to lower--and often prolonged--disparities in school engagement, academic self-perceptions, and academic achievement. For other victimization subtypes, movement into victimization (i.e., moderate-emerging) was associated with lower or declining scores on academic indicators, and movement out of victimization (i.e., early victims) with higher or increasing scores on these indicators (i.e., "recovery"). Findings provide a more complete account of the overall prevalence, stability, and developmental course of school-based peer victimization than has been reported to date.
Descriptors: Victims, Bullying, Peer Relationship, Stress Variables, Academic Achievement, Self Concept, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Correlation, Statistical Analysis, Learner Engagement, Student School Relationship, Scores, Incidence, Developmental Stages, Longitudinal Studies, Measures (Individuals), Achievement Tests, Rating Scales, Teacher Attitudes, Gender Differences, Student Adjustment, Factor Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Kindergarten; Primary Education; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (DHHS)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wide Range Achievement Test; Perceived Competence Scale for Children
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1RO1MH49223; 2RO1MH49223; R01HD045906