Citation

Graham S, Juvonen J. Dev. Psychol. 1998; 34(3): 587-599.

Affiliation

Department of Education, University of California, Los Angeles 90095-1521, USA. shgraham@ucla.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9597367

Abstract

Relations between characterological versus behavioral self-blaming attributions for victimization and maladjustment were examined in middle school students. Respondents completed a questionnaire that assessed self-perceptions of victim status, attributions for hypothetical incidents of victimization, and feelings of loneliness, social anxiety, and low self-worth. They also completed peer nomination procedures measuring perceptions of victimization in others, as well as peer acceptance and rejection. Self-perceived victimization was associated with characterological self-blame, loneliness, anxiety, and low self-worth. Peer-perceived victimization, in contrast, was related to acceptance and rejection. The data suggest that self-views are more predictive of the intrapersonal consequences of victimization (loneliness, anxiety, low self-worth), whereas peer views are more predictive of interpersonal consequences (peer acceptance and rejection).

Language: en