title: Relationship between peer victimization and school adjustment in sixth-grade students: investigating mediation effects.
abstract: Peer victimization is a common occurrence in school settings. This study investigated the relationship between peer victimization and school adjustment in a sample of 1,022 sixth-grade students. Measures used in this study include peer victimization, perceived peer non-support, school attachment, inattention problems, and academic achievement. Multivariate path analyses were conducted to test direct and mediation effects in the over-all model and to explore gender differences. The results provided support for the hypothesized model indicating that the relationship between peer victimization and school attachment is mediated by perceived peer non-support, and that school attachment is related to inattentive school behaviors and poor academic achievement. Paths indicated invariance across models for gender. Prevention and intervention implications of these findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Hsi-Sheng
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: James Herbert
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010379:Peer Group; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012572:School Health Services / Q000592:standards; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012934:Social Isolation / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States