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Aaron Y. Liu; Yaxian Xue; Qianyu Zhu; Qian Zhang – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
ABSTRACT Childhood maltreatment increases the risk of peer victimization in middle school students, yet the specific link between them remains unclear. This study used latent profile analysis (LPA) to identify maltreatment subtypes and examined how coping strategies moderated their relationship with different types of peer victimization, comparing…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Victims, Peer Relationship, Middle School Students
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Rinaldi, Christina M.; Bulut, Okan; Muth, Tracy; Di Stasio, Maria – Journal of School Violence, 2023
Bullying by peers remains a serious problem facing adolescents. A key social support for adolescents is their parents. The unique contributions of specific dimensions comprising authoritative parenting, and adolescents' involvement in bullying situations was investigated. Self-report data were collected from 125 grade 7 students and 100 grade 8…
Descriptors: Bullying, Junior High School Students, Parent Role, Early Adolescents
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Farrell, Albert D.; Erwin, Elizabeth H.; Bettencourt, Amie; Mays, Sally; Vulin-Reynolds, Monique; Sullivan, Terri; Allison, Kevin W.; Kliewer, Wendy; Meyer, Aleta – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
This qualitative study examined individual-level factors that influence adolescents' responses to problem situations involving peers. Interviews were conducted with 106 middle school students (97% African American) from an urban school system. Participants described factors that would make it easier and those that would make it more difficult for…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Early Adolescents, Student Behavior, African American Students
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Hampel, Petra – Journal of Adolescence, 2007
The study investigated age and gender effects on coping with common stressors among 494 Austrian children and adolescents (age 8-14 years). Participants were subdivided into subgroups of late children comprising third and fourth graders, early adolescents consisting of fifth and sixth graders, and middle adolescents including seventh graders.…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Grade 4, Grade 7, Grade 6
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Ando, Mikayo; Asakura, Takashi; Ando, Shinichiro; Simons-Morton, Bruce – Health Education & Behavior, 2007
This study evaluates the impact of a school-based intervention program on aggressive behavior among junior high school students in Japan. One hundred and four seventh-graders were enrolled in the program and completed Time 1, Time 2, and Time 3 surveys. The program was implemented in two classes between Time 1 and Time 2 surveys (the first…
Descriptors: Stress Management, Intervention, Aggression, Foreign Countries
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Reis, Janet; Trockel, Mickey; Mulhall, Peter – Youth & Society, 2007
Hierarchical linear modeling is used to assess individual student, family, and school predictors of aggression in 111,662 students in sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Nine measures of problem-solving strategies, quality of family and peer interaction, and perceptions of school climate are analyzed at the individual student level. Eight measures…
Descriptors: Aggression, Educational Environment, Middle Schools, Early Adolescents