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The Buffering Effect Of Perceptions Of Teacher And Student Defending On The Impact Of Peer Victimization On Student Subjective Wellbeing, Diana J. Meter, Kevin J. Butler, Tyler L. Renshaw

Human Development and Family Studies Faculty Publications

Peer victimization is associated with unwanted outcomes including less school belongingness and lower academic ability and school achievement. This study expanded on previous research by investigating how a perception of defending by peers and teachers interacted with peer victimization to predict four aspects of student subjective wellbeing: school connectedness, joy of learning, educational purpose, and academic efficacy. Participants were 1058 (488 girls, 524 boys, 20 who reported "other," and 26 who did not report gender) U.S. adolescent 6th-9th graders, many who received free/reduced-price lunch, often from urban schools. Their mean age was 12.96 years (SD = 1.20); most identified as …