Psychological Development and Education ›› 2009, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (2): 21-27.

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The Relationship between Stability of Victimization Status and Social Competence in Middle Childhood

CAI Chun-feng1,2, ZHOU Zong-kui1   

  1. 1. School of Psychology, Central China Normal University;
    2. Hope School of Nursing, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079
  • Online:2009-04-15 Published:2009-04-15

Abstract: This study tested the stability of victimization and the relationships between stability of victimization and social competence.Participants were 522 elementary school children from the second grade to the fouth grade.Data was collect ed at two time points.The results indicated that peer victimization was not fairly stable for primary school students.From one year to the next,about 6.6% of the children were twicely identified to be victims.Repeated measured univariate ANOVA indicated that peer victimization concurrently related to children's development of social competence.Discrimi nant analysis revealed that peer rejection and withdrawn behavior are two major factors for discriminating the stability of victimization.

Key words: victimization, social competence, loneliness, aggressive behavior, withdrawn behavior

CLC Number: 

  • B844.1
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