Behavioral correlates of peer exclusion and victimization of East Asian American and European American young adolescents.

Abstract

The present study examined behavioral correlates of peer exclusion and victimization among sixth-grade European and East Asian American young adolescents, with an emphasis on aggressive and socially withdrawn behaviors. Concurrent and short-term longitudinal (over 1 academic year) associations between behavior and the distinct forms of peer adversity (victimization/exclusion) were assessed. Results varied by gender and ethnicity and suggested that social withdrawal was associated with exclusion, whereas aggression was associated with victimization. Interactions between gender and aggression predicted peer victimization after controlling for prior victimization. Extremely aggressive girls were more likely to be victimized than nonaggressive girls. Interactions between gender, ethnicity, and behavior predicted exclusion, controlling for prior exclusion. Extremely withdrawn European American girls were less excluded than nonwithdrawn European American girls. Universals emerged in the prediction of exclusion from withdrawal for all other groups and from aggression for all four groups. These results highlight the importance of considering ethnicity and gender in the links between different behaviors and the distinct forms of peer adversity.

Meta‐analytic results of ethnic group differences in peer victimization

“…The main groups included were White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, and Aboriginal. Nine studies were entered two or three times in SPSS (for moderator analyses) because results on peer victimization were presented separately by age or sex (Buhs, McGinley, & Toland, 2010;Larochette, 2009;Mahlerwein, 2010;Menzer, Oh, McDonald, Rubin, & Dashiell-Aje, 2010;Park, 2005;Polasky, 2010;Sawyer et al, 2008;Tse, 2008;Vaillancourt). Fewer than five studies reported results by sex, thus, we did not examine this variable as a moderator.…”

“…Three studies provided separate effect sizes for self-and peer-reports (Lieske, 2007;Putallaz et al, 2007;Strohmeier et al, 2008), which were combined into one estimate for the overall effect size in CMA. For two studies, the means and standard deviations were combined across time points and/or age groups (Menzer et al, 2010;Polasky, 2010). Last, for two studies (Larochette, 2009;Agirdag et al, 2010), multiple ethnic minority groups were collapsed into one category (i.e., European and Asian).…”

Análise fatorial confirmatória do Extended Class Play numa amostra portuguesa de jovens adolescentes

“…, como também em diferentes realidades culturais (e.g. Menzer, Oh, McDonald, Rubin, & Dashiell-Aje, 2010).…”

“…Ainda assim, mais recentemente, alguns autores têm procurado separar o fator da Vitimização/ Exclusão em duas dimensões distintas (e.g. Menzer et al, 2010). De facto, e apesar de ambas estarem associadas a desajustamento futuro (e.g.…”

Having and being an other-sex crush during early adolescence

“…Class rosters made available by the schools allowed for the identification of nominees and also the friendship and romantic partner nominees described below; the few nominees that could not be identified were disregarded. These procedures (i.e., writing the names of same-sex and other-sex peers on three spaces provided, including additional nominations beyond the three spaces, and using class rosters to corroborate nominations) have been used previously (e.g., Bowker, Rubin, Buskirk-Cohen, Rose-Krasnor, & Booth-LaForce, 2010; Bowker & Spencer, 2010;Menzer, Oh, McDonald, Rubin, & Dashiell-Aje, 2010). The mean numbers of nominations made and received for each item are available from the first author by request.…”