title: Correlation of the experience of peer relational aggression victimization and depression among African American adolescent females.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to examine if the experience of peer relational aggression victimization (PRAV) can be linked to feelings of depression in the African American adolescent female population.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample included 241 college-age African American adolescent females assessed for PRAV and depression. Statistical analysis was carried out to determine the relationship between the variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  PRAV in this study population does exist as a detrimental phenomenon, whereby PRAV significantly correlates with depression, r (214) = 0.29, p < .01.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses can assist the adolescent clients experiencing relational aggression by becoming knowledgeable on the presentation and manifestations of this experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, School of Liberal Arts and Education, Hampton University School of Nursing, Hampton, VA, USA. melissa.gomes@hamptonu.edu
authors.forename: Melissa M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Bertha L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Spencer R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: E Jane
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Servonsky
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research; D010379:Peer Group; D057566:Self Report; D055815:Young Adult