TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Interpersonal and personal antecedents and consequences of peer victimization across middle childhood in Hong Kong
JO  - Journal of youth and adolescence
A1  - Luo, Tana
A1  - Chang, Lei
A1  - Schwartz, David
A1  - Duong, Mylien
A1  - Wang, Jennifer M.
SP  - 1934
EP  - 1945
VL  - 43
IS  - 11
N2  - Although much is known about peer victimization, the majority of the longitudinal research in this area has been restricted to Western settings. The main objective of this study was to examine the interpersonal (rejection) and personal (withdrawal, aggression) antecedents and consequences of victimization for Chinese children living in Hong Kong. A sample of 1,058 children (501 boys; M age = 9.5 years) in Hong Kong was followed longitudinally from the 3rd and 4th grades to the 7th and 8th grades. Consistent with a transactional framework, rejection and withdrawal contributed to, as well as resulted from, victimization. Although victimization predicted later aggression, aggression was unrelated to later victimization. These findings closely replicate past research conducted in North America and European settings, and suggest considerable correspondence in the links between maladaptive child characteristics and victimization across Western and Hong Kong schools.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0047-2891
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-013-0050-2
ID  - ref1
ER  -