title: Persistent versus periodic experiences of social victimization: predictors of adjustment.
abstract: This study examined self-reports of social victimization and parent reports of adjustment for a sample followed from fourth through seventh grades. Different patterns of social victimization experiences were identified; of the 153 students (79 girls) with complete data, 24% reported chronic social victimization, 23% reported transient experiences of social victimization, and 53% reported being socially victimized at no more than one time point. We examined whether students who experienced persistent and periodic social victimization were at greater risk for internalizing problems than nonvictims. Persistently victimized children demonstrated continuously elevated levels of internalizing problems. Children who were not originally victimized by social aggression but became victimized with time did not demonstrate higher levels of internalizing problems than did nonvictims. Findings were mixed for those who escaped social victimization during this period.
authors.affiliation: School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, PO Box 830688, GR 41, Richardson, TX 75080, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: Marion K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Underwood
authors.forename: Kurt J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Beron
authors.forename: Joanna K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Gentsch
authors.forename: Michelle E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Wharton
authors.forename: Ahrareh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahdar
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D019548:Crime Victims; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires