Do Coping Behaviors Mediate The Adjustment Of Elementary School Children Who Are Victimized By Relational Aggression?
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Title
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Do Coping Behaviors Mediate The Adjustment Of Elementary School Children Who Are Victimized By Relational Aggression?
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:9fcc9999d8d7:10813
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identifier
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10670
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Creator
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Maniago, Erica B.,
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Contributor
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Marian Fish
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Date
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2010
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology | Educational psychology | adjustment | bullying | coping | peer adjustment | relational aggression | school adjustment
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Abstract
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This study explored whether coping strategies had an impact on the adjustment of third through fifth grade students (N = 88) who experienced conflict with their peers. The victimized students' level of adjustment and strategies used to cope with bullying, were additionally investigated. Self-report data was gathered on the students' victimization experiences, coping strategies and level of school and peer adjustment. A measure of school and peer adjustment was also obtained by the participants' teachers, as a means of validating the student reports. Victims of peer aggression were anticipated to exhibit poorer adjustment due to their tendency to rely on more maladaptive ways of coping and less often on adaptive ways of coping. Statistical support was found for several direct relationships, but not for any of the mediated effects. Specifically, both overt and relational victimization were related to lower rates of peer adjustment. Coping was also found to have a direct impact on adjustment. The use of avoidant coping was associated with lower rates of school and peer adjustment and the use of approach coping was associated with higher rates of school and peer adjustment.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Educational Psychology
