Bullying Experiences and Compromised Academic Performance Across Middle School Grades

Bibliographic Data

ID11670820
AuthorsJaana Juvonen (0000-0003-0314-1821, University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author), Yueyan Wang (University of California, Los Angeles), Yueyan Wang Yueyan Wang (University of California, Los Angeles), Guadalupe Espinoza (0000-0003-1297-7073, University of California, Los Angeles)
Year2010
Volume31
Issue1
Pages152-173
Publication date2010-09-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431610379415
OpenAlexW2109376537
LanguageEN
Citations received110
References cited25

The goal of the study was to examine whether bullying experiences are associated with lower academic performance across middle school among urban students.The ethnically diverse sample was drawn from a longitudinal study of 2,300 sixth graders (44% Latino, 26% African American, 10% Asian, 10% White, and 10% mixed) from 11 public middle schools. Results of multilevel models (MLMs) showed that grade point averages and teacher-rated academic engagement were each predicted by both self-perceptions of victimization and peer nominations of victim reputation, controlling for demographic and school-level differences as well as overall declines in academic performance over time. Further MLM analyses suggested that most of the victimization effect was due to between-subject differences, as opposed to within-subject fluctuations, in victimization over time. The results of the study suggest that peer victimization cannot be ignored when trying to improve educational outcomes in urban middle schools

Academic achievement · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Ethnically diverse · Longitudinal study · Multilevel model · Peer victimization · Perception · Poison control · Reputation · Sample (material · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Plant Virus Research Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support