CONTACT US: Contact info
|
Citation |
Schwartz D, Gorman AH, Dodge KA, Pettit GS, Bates JE. J. Abnorm. Child Psychol. 2008; 36(5): 719-730. |
|
Affiliation |
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. davschw@usc.edu |
|
Copyright |
(Copyright © 2008, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group) |
|
DOI |
|
PMID |
18330690 |
|
PMCID |
|
|
Abstract |
This paper reports two prospective investigations of the role of friendship in the relation between peer victimization and grade point averages (GPA). Study 1 included 199 children (105 boys, 94 girls; mean age of 9.1 years) and Study 2 included 310 children (151 boys, 159 girls; mean age of 8.5 years). These children were followed for two school years. In both projects, we assessed aggression, victimization, and friendship with a peer nomination inventory, and we obtained children's GPAs from a review of school records. Peer victimization was associated with academic declines only when children had either a high number of friends who were above the classroom mean on aggression or a low number of friends who were below the classroom mean on aggression. These results highlight the importance of aggression levels among friends for the academic adjustment of victimized children. Language: en |