Differentiating youth who are bullied from other victims of peer-aggression: the importance of differential power and repetition

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• Alternative Title:
  J Adolesc Health
• Personal Author:
  Ybarra, Michele L. ; Espelage, Dorothy L. ; Mitchell, Kimberly J.
• Description:
  Purpose
  
  Examine whether: 1) among youth who report being bullied, differential power and repetition are useful in identifying youth who are more or less affected by the victimization experience; and 2) bullying and more generalized peer aggression are distinct or overlapping constructs.
  
  Methods
  
  Data for the Teen Health and Technology (THT) study were collected online between August 2010 and January 2011 from 3,989 13–18 year olds. Data from the Growing up with Media (GuwM) study (Wave 3) were collected online in 2008 from 1,157 12–17 year olds.
  
  Results
  
  In the THT study, youth who reported neither differential power nor repetition had the lowest rates of interference with daily functioning. Youth who reported either differential power or repetition had higher rates; but the highest rates of interference with daily functioning were observed among youth who reported both differential power and repetition. In the GuwM study, youth were victims of online generalized peer aggression (30%) or both online generalized peer aggression and cyberbullying (16%), but rarely cyberbullying alone (1%).
  
  Conclusions
  
  Both differential power and repetition are key in identifying youth who are bullied and at particular risk for concurrent psychosocial challenge. Each feature needs to be measured directly. Generalized peer aggression appears to be a broader form of violence compared to bullying. It needs to be recognized that youth who are victimized but do not meet the criteria of bullying have elevated rates of problems. They are an important, albeit non-bullied, group of victimized youth to be included in research.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adaptation, Psychological Adolescent Adolescent Behavior Age Factors Aggression Bullying Child Crime Victims Cross-Sectional Studies Databases, Factual Female Humans Logistic Models Male Mental Health Multivariate Analysis Peer Group Psychology Risk Assessment Sex Factors Social Adjustment Surveys And Questionnaires United States

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• Keywords:
  Cyberbullying Differential Power Measurement Methodology Victimization
• Source:
  J Adolesc Health. 2014; 55(2):293-300
• Pubmed ID:
  24726463
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4112942
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 HD057191/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U49/CE000206/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  55
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha256:f44e9acdc1e14b7c2b5cd36008720ad71e019de65dd628ca8f9ee06af1e2dbd5
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/30050/cdc_30050_DS1.pdf
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