Victimization by Peers: Associations With Children's Reports of Mother-Child Interaction

Children who are chronically victimized by peers are at risk for personal difficulties. This study examined whether victimization is associated with mother-child interaction at home. Preadolescents ( N = 184; mean age = 11.7 years) reported on their mother's child-rearing practices and on how t...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 1998-10, Vol.75 (4), p.1076-1086
Main Authors: Finnegan, Regina A, Hodges, Ernest V. E, Perry, David G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Aggression
Aggression - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child Development
Children
Children & youth
Dominance-Subordination
Female
Gender Identity
Human
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mother Child Relations
Mothers
Parent Child Relations
Parenting - psychology
Peer Group
Peer Relations
Peers
Personal relationships
Personality
Personality Development
Psychological Development
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Sex Differences
Victimization
Victimology
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Summary:Children who are chronically victimized by peers are at risk for personal difficulties. This study examined whether victimization is associated with mother-child interaction at home. Preadolescents ( N = 184; mean age = 11.7 years) reported on their mother's child-rearing practices and on how they cope during conflicts with their mother. Peers reported on victimization at school. Sex-specific links between perceived family interaction and peer victimization were found. For boys, victimization was associated with perceived maternal overprotectiveness, especially when boys reported reacting with fear during mother-child conflict. For girls, victimization was associated with perceived maternal rejection and with girls' reports of aggressive coping during mother-child conflict. Results support the theory that parenting that hinders children's development of gender-salient competencies (autonomy for boys and communion for girls) places children at risk for peer victimization.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.75.4.1076