Psychological Development and Education ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (2): 146-156.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2020.02.03

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Peer Victimization During Early Adolescence: Person Centered Analysis

YANG Xiaoxia, CHEN Liang, CAO Yanmiao, BI Xinwen, CHEN Guanghui, ZHANG Wenxin   

  1. School of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014
  • Published:2020-03-19

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Abstract: Peer victimization refers to the experience of being a target of peers' aggressive behaviors, in the forms of physical, verbal, and relational abuse, and property infringement. The current study aimed to use latent profile analysis (LPA) to identify subgroups of victims, and to examine individual behavior factors that could distinguish these subgroups. In addition, we used latent transition analysis (LTA) to examine the stability and developmental changes of peer victimization status during the two time points. Participants were 2,015 seventh graders (T1:mean age 13.20±0.36 years old) sampled from 12 middle schools in Jinan, who were assessed again one year later. The main findings of this study were as follows:(1) LPA identified four classes of adolescents representing non-victimized class, lowly victimized class, moderately victimized class, and highly victimized class at both T1 and T2. Findings indicated there were multiple heterogeneous subgroups based on the severity of peer victimization. (2) Class differences were found on measures of aggressive behavior and social withdrawn, validating the LPA classes. High victims and moderate victims reported higher levels of aggressive behavior than the groups of low victims and non-victims. In terms of social withdrawn, all four classes differed from each other. Students in highly victimized class reported more social withdrawn behaviors than the other three classes. (3) Latent transition analyses (LTA) revealed moderate to high level of stabilities of victimization status over time. In addition, transitions across different class were also evident. The highly victimized class was more likely to transit into the moderately victimized class, while the moderate victims were more likely to transit into the low victims. In addition, aggressive behavior can promote the mutual transformation between the lowly and moderately victimized classes. This study enhanced our understanding of the complex patterns of peer victimization and lent theoretical supports to prevention and intervention programs on adolescent peer victimization.

Key words: peer victimization, latent profile analysis, latent transition analysis, early adolescence

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