Peer Harassment in School » (1st Edition)

Jaana Juvonen PhD , Department of Psychology , University of California , Los Angeles Sandra Graham PhD , Department of Education , University of California , Los Angeles .

Many youngsters are targets of verbal and physical abuse or social ostracism at some point during their school careers, and a minority are repeatedly victimized by their peers. Which students become the targets of aggressive behavior, and why? What are the psychological and health consequences of victimization? Of crucial importance, what can school professionals do to help? This volume brings together leading investigators to present the latest psychological research on chronically victimized children and adolescents. Chapters review conceptual and methodological issues, identify developmental differences in types of harassment, and explore various reaction patterns associated with victimization. Findings are presented on the correlates and consequences of harassment, from peer rejection to compromised mental and physical health, as well as its role in peer group dynamics. Highlighting the practical implications of current research, the volume discusses a number of school-based prevention and intervention approaches.

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Juvonen (psychology, U. of California) and Graham (education, U. of California) bring together leading investigators to present the latest psychological research on chronically victimized children and adolescents. The 17 chapters review conceptual and methodological issues, identify developmental differences in types of harassment, and explore various reaction patterns associated with victimization. They also present findings on the correlates and consequences of harassment, from peer rejection to compromised mental and physical health, as well as its role in peer group dynamics. Highlighting the practical implications of current research, they discuss a number of school-based prevention and intervention approaches. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents Introduction Peer Harassment: A Critical Analysis and Some Important Issues, Dan Olweus I. Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Peer Harassment
1. Variations in Peer Victimization: Relations to Children's Maladjustment, Becky Kochenderfer Ladd and Gary W. Ladd
2. An Attributional Approach to Peer Victimization, Sandra Graham and Jaana Juvonen
3. Determinants of Chronic Victimization by Peers: A Review and New Model of Family Influence, David G. Perry, Ernest V. E. Hodges, and Susan K. Egan
4. Self-Views versus Peer Perceptions of Victim Status among Early Adolescents, Jaana Juvonen, Adrienne Nishina, and Sandra Graham
5. Sampling Instances of Victimization in Middle School: A Methodological Comparison, Anthony D. Pellegrini II. Subtypes and Age-Related Changes in Peer Harassment
6. The Aggressive Victim of Bullying: Emotional and Behavioral Dysregulation as a Pathway to Victimization by Peers, David Schwartz, Laura J. Proctor, and Deborah H. Chien
7. Early Diagnosis and Prevention of Victimization in Kindergarten, Francoise D. Alsaker and Stefan Valkanover
8. Relational Victimization in Childhood and Adolescence: I Hurt You through the Grapevine, Nicki R. Crick, David A. Nelson, Julie R Morales, Crystal Cullerton-Sen, Juan F. Casas, and Susan Hickman
9. Victimization among Teenage Girls: What Can Be Done about Indirect Harassment?, Laurence Owens, Phillip Slee, and Rosalyn Shute
10. Developmental Context of Peer Harassment in Early Adolescence: The Role of Puberty and the Peer Group, Wendy M. Craig, Debra Pepler, Jennifer Connolly, and Kathryn Henderson III. Correlates and Consequences of Peer Harassment
11. Toward a Process View of Peer Rejection and Harassment, Michel Boivin, Shelley Hymel, and Ernest V. E. Hodges
12. Rejection and Victimization by Peers: Social Perception and Social Behavior Mechanisms, Beate Schuster
13. Health Consequences of Bullying and Its Prevention in Schools, Ken Rigby
14. Characteristics of Victims of School Bullying: Developmental Changes in Coping Strategies and Skills, Peter K. Smith, Shu Shu, and Kirsten Madsen IV. Beyond the Bully/Victim Dyad
15. Groups, Individuals, and Victimization: A View of the Peer System, William M. Bukowski and Lorrie K. Sippola
16. Subtypes of Peer Harassment and Their Correlates: A Social Dominance Perspective, David S. J. Hawker and Michael J. Boulton
17. Group View on Victimization: Empirical Findings and Their Implications, Christina Salmivalli