Children who experience maltreatment are at increased risk of revictimization across the life
span. In childhood, this risk often manifests as peer victimization. Understanding the nature …

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 …

This study examined the effects of being victimized by peers on children's behavioral, social,
emotional, and academic functioning. We assessed an ethnically diverse sample of 2,064 …

The current study examines the effects of child internalizing and externalizing symptoms on
increases in victimization over a 1-year period. Using longitudinal data from the …

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 …

Researchers who study peer victimization often focus on features of the child (eg, cognitive,
behavioral, psychological) or facets of the child's environment (eg, peers, family, school) …

BACKGROUND: Exposure to peer victimization is relatively common. However, little is
known about its developmental course and its effect on impairment associated with mental …

Background Childhood maltreatment and peer victimization are major risk factors for
depression and suicidal behavior. Furthermore, childhood maltreatment increases the risk of …

Traumatic childhood experiences have been found to predict later internalizing problems.
This prospective longitudinal study investigated whether repeated and intentional harm …

Childhood maltreatment is associated with a lifetime increase in risk of mental health
disorder. We propose that such vulnerability may stem in large part from altered patterns of …