Effects of Bullying and Victimization on Friendship Selection, Reciprocation, and Maintenance in Elementary School Children

摘要: This study examined the effects of elementary school children’s bullying and victimization experiences on their friendships over time. The majority children experience acts aggression or before end school, peer is associated with academic, social, behavioral, psychological difficulties. used social networks analysis (R SIENA 4.0) to examine whether reports forms (i.e., overt relational) affect likelihood friendship selection, reciprocation, maintenance in 2-4 grade children. Children (N = 143) from Midwestern region United States completed a nomination inventory that included questions pertaining classmates’ behaviors experiences. Analyses compared unique models containing novel traditionally tested selection-only models. Results showed was less likely for who engaged experienced relational bullying. Selection-only were not sufficient detecting effect, instead only decreased receive engage victimization. point as potentially important area focused intervention