%0 Journal Article
%T Impact of adolescent peer aggression on later educational and employment outcomes in an Australian cohort
%J Journal of Adolescence
%D 2015
%A Moore, Sophie E.
%A Scott, James G.
%A Thomas, Hannah J.
%A Sly, Peter D.
%A Whitehouse, Andrew J. O.
%A Zubrick, Stephen R.
%A Norman, Rosana E.
%V 43
%N 
%P 39-49
%X This study used prospective birth cohort data to analyse the relationship between peer aggression at 14 years of age and educational and employment outcomes at 17 years (N = 1091) and 20 years (N = 1003). Participants from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) study were divided into mutually exclusive categories of peer aggression. Involvement in peer aggression was reported by 40.2% (10.1% victims; 21.4% perpetrators; 8.7% victim-perpetrators) of participants. Participants involved in any form of peer aggression were less likely to complete secondary school. Perpetrators and victim-perpetrators of peer aggression were more likely to be in the 'No Education, Employment or Training' group at 20 years of age. This association was explained by non-completion of secondary school. These findings demonstrate a robust association between involvement in peer aggression and non-completion of secondary school, which in turn was associated with an increased risk of poor educational and employment outcomes in early adulthood.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0140-1971
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.05.007