TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Friendships with peers who are low or high in aggression as moderators of the link between peer victimization and declines in academic functioning
JO  - Journal of abnormal child psychology
A1  - Schwartz, David
A1  - Gorman, Andrea Hopmeyer
A1  - Dodge, Kenneth A.
A1  - Pettit, Gregory S.
A1  - Bates, John E.
SP  - 719
EP  - 730
VL  - 36
IS  - 5
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0091-0627
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10802-007-9200-x
ID  - ref1
ER  -