@article{ref1,
title=""It's not you, it's me": examining the roles of romantic self-blame and social support in pathways from peer victimization to emerging adult depressive symptoms",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2021",
author="Schacter, Hannah L. and Ehrhardt, Alexandra",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Although experiences of adolescent peer victimization elevate risk for depressive symptoms during emerging adulthood, the mechanisms underlying this pathway are not well-understood. Drawing from attribution theory and models of relational schemas, the current study introduces romantic self-blame as a putative novel mechanism linking adolescent peer victimization to emerging adult depressive symptoms and evaluates perceived social support as a protective factor. A diverse sample of 350 emerging adults completed self-report measures of retrospective peer victimization, romantic characterological and behavioral self-blaming attributions, social support, and depressive symptoms. Confirmatory factor analyses supported the hypothesized two-factor structure of romantic self-blame. Additionally, conditional process models demonstrated that elevated romantic characterological-but not behavioral-self-blame partially explained the association between retrospective peer victimization and current depressive symptoms, particularly among those perceiving low social support. <br><br>RESULTS suggest that earlier peer victimization may alter emerging adults' romantic appraisals in ways that increase distress, particularly in the absence of supportive interpersonal relationships.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/08862605211055153",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08862605211055153"
}