Child maltreatment has been demonstrated to have many short-and long-term harmful
consequences for victims, but whether or not child abuse is associated with an increased …

Peer victimization refers to a broad spectrum of social interactions whereby one individual
causes physical, emotional, social, or psychological harm to one or more peers. Virtually all …

Evidence indicates that peer victimization is predictive of later maladjustment, but the
mechanisms by which harassment impairs development have yet to be identified. The …

Peer victimization has been implicated as a traumatic stressor that compromises children's
long-term mental health, yet a dearth of prospective research documents lasting effects of …

Past research has shown that peer victimization and school maladjustment are related, but it
is unclear whether victimization is a cause or consequence of such difficulties. This study …

The importance of studying the consequences of peer victimization is hardly disputable.
From the purely theoretical point of view, such research helps us better understand the …

Peer victimization experiences represent developmentally salient stressors among
adolescents and are associated with the development of internalizing symptoms. However …

A 2-wave longitudinal study of young adolescents was used to test whether peer
victimization predicts depressive symptoms, depressive symptoms predict peer victimization …

Context From the time of school entry, chronic levels of victimization by one's peers predict a
multitude of psychiatric and physical health problems. However, developmental trajectories …

The current research examined the bidirectional effects between internalizing problems and
peer victimization within a meta-analytic framework. The study also investigated several …