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A Cross-Lagged Analysis of the Relation between Unsociability, Peer Rejection and Peer Victimization

YUAN Chun-yong1,2, SHAO Ai-hui2, LIANG Li-chan2, BIAN Yu-fang2   

  1. 1. Psychology Department, Shanghai Campus of Nanjing Politics College, Shanghai 200433;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2014-01-15 Published:2014-01-15

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Abstract: A longitudinal investigation was conducted to explicate the associations between unsociability, peer rejection and peer victimization by Revised Class Play (RCP) and peer nomination among 766 seventh through ninth graders. The results indicated that (1) the unsociability, peer rejection and peer victimization were highly stable within three years; (2) cross-lagged analysis indicated that early peer rejection could predict later peer victimization, and early peer victimization could predict later peer rejection. Both the effects were moderated by gender; (3) early peer victimization could predict later unsociability on the whole. However, gender differences were also found. For girls, seventh grade peer victimization could predict eighth grade unsociability; for boys, the early peer victimization could not predict later unsociability. This result suggests that peer victimization not only has a great impact on peer rejection but also may cause girls' social interaction becoming increasingly colder. Peer victimization has a long-term impact on interpersonal relationships.

Key words: adolescence, social withdraw, unsociability, peer rejection, peer victimization

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2

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