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Relational Victimization and Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescents

Zelic, Kate J.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1397693718

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2014, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
Research has consistently demonstrated the relationship between peer victimization and internalizing symptoms. More recently, there has been emphasis on distinguishing between other forms of victimization, such as relational victimization and cyberbullying. The purpose of the current study was to further examine relational victimization and internalizing symptoms in adolescents and to examine potential variables (rumination, co-rumination, and gender) that may moderate this relationship. One hundred twenty seven adolescents completed measures of relational victimization, depressive symptoms, social anxiety symptoms, rumination, and co-rumination at two time points that were six months apart. A new measure of relational victimization, the Relational Victimization Questionnaire, was developed. Multiple regression analyses indicated that cyberbullying was predictive of higher levels of depressive symptoms over time and that social manipulation was predictive of higher levels of general social avoidance and distress over time. Further, there was a significant interaction between cyberbullying and gender in the prediction of depressive symptoms, general social avoidance and distress, and social avoidance and distress of new situations. Thus, these findings add to the limited extant literature on the longitudinal negative effects of cyberbullying and the distinct negative effects of social manipulation on adolescents.
Jeffrey Ciesla, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Christopher Flessner, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Kathryn Kerns, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Manfred van Dulmen, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
89 p.
Psychology
relational victimization; peer victimization; cyberbullying; depression; social anxiety; rumination; co-rumination; relational victimization questionnaire; adolescents

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  • Zelic, K. J. (2014). Relational Victimization and Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescents [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1397693718

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Zelic, Kate. Relational Victimization and Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescents. 2014. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1397693718.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Zelic, Kate. "Relational Victimization and Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescents." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1397693718

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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