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Tracking the Trajectories of Peer Victimization and Negative Self-Cognitions in Children: A Longitudinal Approach to Approximating Causality

dc.contributor.advisorCole, David A.
dc.contributor.authorKaskas, Maysa
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-07T14:58:25Z
dc.date.available2014-05-07T14:58:25Z
dc.date.issued2014-04
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1803/6330
dc.descriptionPsy 2990: Honors Research. Dr. Meg Saylor. Dr. David Cole laben_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the effect of targeted peer victimization (TPV) on negative self-cognitions as a function of victimization type through a three-wave longitudinal study. Measures of TPV and cognitions were collected from 956 students equally distributed through grades three through eight. Two types of TPV were analyzed: physical peer victimization, which occurs when a person is controlled or injured by physical means, and relational peer victimization, which includes acts or statements intended to harm peer relationships and social acceptance. Obtained results are as follows: (a) both negative self-cognitions and TPV have high rates of stability over time; (b) while both genders experience higher levels of relational victimization than physical victimization, females experience more relational victimization than males do, and males experience more physical victimization than females do; and (c) relational victimization was more related to changes in depressive self-cognitions than was physical victimization. However, neither type of PV was significant after controlling for prior levels of the cognitive variable. Implications and avenues for future research are discussed.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Honors Program in Psychological Sciences.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherVanderbilt Universityen_US
dc.subjectpeer victimizationen_US
dc.subjectnegative self-cognitionsen_US
dc.subjectmiddle childhooden_US
dc.subject.lcshVictimsen_US
dc.subject.lcshBullying -- Psychological aspectsen_US
dc.subject.lcshSelf-esteem in adolescenceen_US
dc.subject.lcshSelf-esteem in childrenen_US
dc.subject.lcshBullying -- Longitudinal studiesen_US
dc.titleTracking the Trajectories of Peer Victimization and Negative Self-Cognitions in Children: A Longitudinal Approach to Approximating Causalityen_US
dc.title.alternativeTracking victimization and cognitionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.collegeCollege of Arts and Scienceen_US
dc.description.schoolVanderbilt Universityen_US
dc.description.departmentPsychologyen_US


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