Peer Rejection and Internalizing Behavior: The Mediating Role of Peer Victimization in Preschool

The author examined the relationship among peer rejection, peer victimization, and internalizing behaviors. The author hypothesized that physical and relational victimization would have a different indirect effect on the relationship between peer rejection and internalizing behaviors. Participants w...

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Published in:The Journal of genetic psychology 2018-07, Vol.179 (4), p.198-206
Main Author: Metin Aslan, Özge
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bullying
Child psychology
Internalizing behavior
peer rejection
peer victimization
Peers
preschool
Preschool children
Victimization
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Summary:The author examined the relationship among peer rejection, peer victimization, and internalizing behaviors. The author hypothesized that physical and relational victimization would have a different indirect effect on the relationship between peer rejection and internalizing behaviors. Participants were 94 preschool children (37 girls; average age 49.97 months) from two university preschools located in the northern part of the United States. The results indicated that internalizing behaviors predicted the mediating variables only regarding relational victimization. Relational victimization indirectly affected the association between peer rejection and internalizing behaviors. The study provides evidence of the mediating effect of victimization behaviors on the relationship among peer rejection, victimization, and internalizing behaviors.
ISSN:0022-1325
1940-0896
DOI:10.1080/00221325.2018.1468993