TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Peer victimization predicts psychological symptoms beyond the effects of child maltreatment
JO  - Psychiatry research
A1  - Sansen, Lisa Margareta
A1  - Iffland, Benjamin
A1  - Neuner, Frank
SP  - 1051
EP  - 1058
VL  - 220
IS  - 3
N2  - Experiences of peer victimization have been repeatedly associated with psychological symptoms and disorders. However, as peer victimization is correlated with child maltreatment occurring within the family, it remains unclear whether the pathological effect of peer victimization is an artifact that can be attributed to previous aversive events. To separate the effects of peer victimization from child maltreatment, we studied both event types as well as psychological symptoms in a mixed clinical sample of ambulant and psychiatric patients (N=168), a self-selected community sample recruited through the internet (N=995), and a student sample (N=272). Hierarchical regression analyses showed that, after controlling for child maltreatment, peer victimization accounted for an incremental proportion of the variance of different symptom dimensions in each sample. These results indicate that peer victimization is an independent predictor of psychopathology.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-1781
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2014.09.008
ID  - ref1
ER  -