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Social Support And Self-Concept In Relation To Peer Victimization And Peer Aggression, Lyndsay N. Jenkins, Michelle Kilpatrick Demaray
Social Support And Self-Concept In Relation To Peer Victimization And Peer Aggression, Lyndsay N. Jenkins, Michelle Kilpatrick Demaray
Lyndsay N. Jenkins
Peer victimization is an enduring problem in schools (Wang, Iannotti, & Nansel, 2009). The current study focused on relations among two ecological variables that may be related to involvement in peer victimization: self-concept and social support. The main goal of this study was to investigate relations among social support, self-concept, and involvement in peer victimization (both as a victim and aggressor). The sample included 251 students in Grades 3–5. There was a significant negative relation between social support and peer victimization (β = –.22, p < .05) as well as a significant, negative relation between self-concept and peer victimization (β = –.24, p < .05). For peer aggression, there was a significant negative relation between social support and peer aggression (β = –.49, p < .001) as well as a significant, positive relation between self-concept and peer aggression (β = .23, p < .05).