Correlates and Outcomes Associated with Aggression and Victimization among Elementary-School Children in a Low-Income Urban Context

Autor/inn/en	Pouwels, J. Loes; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.
Titel	Correlates and Outcomes Associated with Aggression and Victimization among Elementary-School Children in a Low-Income Urban Context
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 42 (2013) 2, S.190-205 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-012-9875-3
Schlagwörter	Individual Development; Low Income; Victims; Correlation; Urban Youth; Incidence; Elementary School Students; Urban Areas; Aggression; Stress Variables; Sociometric Techniques; Measures (Individuals); Behavior Problems; Prediction; Adjustment (to Environment); Developmental Stages; Models + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individuelle Entwicklung; Niedriglohn; Victim; Opfer; Korrelation; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Vorkommen; Soziometrie; Messdaten; Vorhersage; Analogiemodell
Abstract	Previous research suggests that the prevalence of aggression is high among low-income urban youth who have to cope with a number of psychological stressors. Less is known about the early development and consequences of aggression and peer victimization prior to adolescence in these contexts. This study examined the correlates, interplay, and consequences of aggression and victimization among children in a low-income urban context. Data were collected in the spring of grades 1, 2, and 3. The final sample included 333 children (59.5% girls, "M" = 6.46 years). Each year, children completed sociometric and peer assessments in their classrooms. A cross-lagged panel model with extended effects showed that aggression was relatively stable over time, whereas victimization was less stable. Aggression and victimization became increasingly less correlated over time. Further, early victimization negatively predicted later aggression for boys, but positively for girls. Growth curve modeling showed that initial aggression and victimization were associated with initial behavioral and relational problems. Early aggression, but not victimization, predicted relative stable or increasing in behavioral and relational problems over time. The results underscore the importance of a developmental perspective on early childhood aggression and victimization in high-risk contexts, in order to understand their implications for adjustment in adolescence. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10