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ERIC Number: EJ684692
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Nov
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
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Beyond the Individual: The Impact of Ethnic Context and Classroom Behavioral Norms on Victims' Adjustment
Bellmore, Amy D.; Witkow, Melissa R.; Graham, Sandra; Juvonen, Jaana
Developmental Psychology, v40 n6 p1159-1172 Nov 2004
With a sample of 1,630 sixth-grade students from 77 classrooms, the authors used hierarchical linear modeling to examine how ethnicity within context and classroom social disorder influenced the association between peer victimization and social-psychological adjustment (loneliness and social anxiety). Victimized students in classrooms where many classmates shared their ethnicity reported feeling the most loneliness and social anxiety. Additionally, classroom-level social disorder served as a moderator such that the association between victimization and anxiety was stronger in classrooms with low social disorder. Both findings were interpreted as evidence that problem behavior deviating from what is perceived as normative in a particular context heightens maladjustment. The authors discuss implications for studying ethnicity and classroom behavioral norms as context variables in peer relations.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Grade 6
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Language: English
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