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Friendship as a moderating factor in the pathway between early harsh home environment and later victimization in the peer group

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ID9788180
AuthorsDavid Schwartz (0000-0002-3989-8546, California Department of Education, corresponding author), Kenneth A Dodge (0000-0001-5932-215X, Duke University), Gregory S Pettit (University of Southern California), John E Bates (Public Policy Institute of California)
Year2000
Volume36
Issue5
Pages646-662
Publication date2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopmental Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0012-1649.36.5.646
PMID10976604
OpenAlexW2069723874
LanguageEN
Citations received60
References cited53

Two prospective investigations of the moderating role of dyadic friendship in the developmental pathway to peer victimization are reported.In Study 1, the preschool home environments (i.e., harsh discipline, marital conflict, stress, abuse, and maternal hostility) of 389 children were assessed by trained interviewers.These children were then followed into the middle years of elementary school, with peer victimization, group social acceptance, and friendship assessed annually with a peer nomination inventory.In Study 2, the home environments of 243 children were assessed in the summer before 1st grade, and victimization, group acceptance, and friendship were assessed annually over the next 3 years.In both studies, early harsh, punitive, and hostile family environments predicted later victimization by peers for children who had a low number of friendships.However, the predictive associations did not hold for children who had numerous friendships.These findings provide support for conceptualizations of friendship as a moderating factor in the pathways to peer group victimization.There is considerable evidence that a small percentage of children are targeted for frequent physical and verbal abuse by their peers (Olweus, 1978;Perry, Kusel, & Perry, 1988;Perry, Perry, & Kennedy, 1992).Because these persistently victimized children are at risk for later psychosocial and behavioral maladjustment (

Developmental psychology · Factor (programming language · Friendship · Hostility · Interpersonal relationship · Nomination · Peer group · Peer relations · Peer victimization · Poison control · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Psychology · Social Psychology

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