2-145 - Consequences of bullying and peer victimization

Session Type: Paper Symposium

Integrative Statement

A clear understanding of the consequences of bullying is critical to prevention efforts. This symposium examines a range of consequences of perpetrating or being the victim of bullying among four distinct samples of youth ranging in age from early childhood to adolescence. The first paper examines trends in the prevalence of bullying and associated behaviors using data from 109 schools across the state of Maryland. Major strengths of this paper include use of a large sample representing multiple developmental periods and examination of changes in bullying/victimization and key correlates over more than a decade. The second paper uses data from a predominantly low-income African American sample to examine longitudinal relations between membership in subgroups varying in bullying involvement in 1st grade, academic achievement in middle and high school, and success in adulthood. Major strengths include use of multi-informant data and examination of consequences at multiple developmental periods. The third paper uses data from a sample of elementary school youth from two under-resourced urban schools to examine longitudinal relations between relational victimization and academic engagement one-year later. Major strengths include construction of composite measures of peer victimization that incorporate multi-informant data and a focus on novel academic outcomes. The fourth paper follows children from first through fourth grade to examine trajectories of peer victimization and associations with children’s internalizing behavior difficulties. Major strengths of this paper include examination of gender differences in trajectories of victimization across time and how such enduring patterns of victimization relate to children’s mental health.

Sub Unit

• Social Relationships

Chair

• Rashelle Jean Musci, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Individual Presentations

• Is Bullying on the Rise? Examining 12-Year Trends in Bullying and Related Attitudes among 4th-12th Graders - Non-Presenting Author: Catherine Bradshaw, University of Virginia; Presenting Author: Tracy Waasdorp, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Non-Presenting Author: Elise T. Pas, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

• Adulthood Impacts of Involvement in Bullying in First Grade - Presenting Author: Amie Bettencourt, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Non-Presenting Author: Rashelle Jean Musci, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Non-Presenting Author: Jill A. Rabinowitz, Johns Hopkins University; Non-Presenting Author: Nicholas S. Lalongo, Johns Hopkins University

• Relational victimization and aggression as predictors of academic engagement and motivation - Presenting Author: Camila Polanco, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Non-Presenting Author: Tracy Waasdorp, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Non-Presenting Author: Brooke Paskewich, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Non-Presenting Author: Stephen Leff, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

• Boys’ and girls’ peer victimization trajectories and associated adjustment outcomes in elementary school - Presenting Author: Laura K Clary, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Non-Presenting Author: Becky Kochenderfer-Ladd, Arizona State University