The Independent Influences of Relational and Physical Victimization on Subsequent Physical Aggression in Middle School Children
Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Using Agnew's strain (1992) and integrative (2005) theory, this study hypothesized that relational and physical victimization would be independently associated with self-reported physical aggression at six months and one year after victimization. Secondary data analysis was conducted using three waves of a longitudinal multisite dataset used for the "Outcome Evaluation of the Teens, Crime, and the Community/Community Works (TCC/CW) Training Program, 2004-2005." Independent variables at wave one were relational victimization occurring none or one time (56.2%), or two or more times (43.8%), and physical victimization occurring none or one time (77.8%), or two or more times (22.2%). The dependent variables were physical aggression at waves two (63.6% No, 36.4% Yes) and wave three (72.1% No, 27.9% Yes). The control variables represented aspects of a youth's life such as school, self, family, community characteristics, and peers. The hypothesis was partially supported with a significant logistic regression model at wave two.
Author: Michelle D. Mioduszewski
Institution: Loyola University Chicago
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W243620219