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Bullying among Adolescents in North Cyprus and Turkey: Testing a Multifactor Model
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Bayraktar, Fatih – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Peer bullying has been studied since the 1970s. Therefore, a vast literature has accumulated about the various predictors of bullying. However, to date there has been no study which has combined individual-, peer-, parental-, teacher-, and school-related predictors of bullying within a model. In this sense, the main aim of this study was to test a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bullying, Interpersonal Competence, Foreign Countries
Partner Physical Victimization in a National Sample of American Families. Relationship to Psychological Functioning, Psychosocial Factors, and Gender.
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Zlotnick, Caron; Kohn, Robert; Peterson, Johan; Pearlstein, Teri – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1998
Examines the relationship between partner physical victimization and a range of psychological and psychosocial functioning in a sample of couples (N=6,453). Explores whether gender interacted with factors to predict victimization. Increased levels of victimization were associated with greater levels of depression but no significant interactions…
Descriptors: Cohabitation, Depression (Psychology), Family Violence, Interpersonal Competence
The Relationship between Dimensions of Interparental Conflict and Adjustment in College-Age Offspring.
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Hanson, Rochelle F.; And Others – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1992
Presents research from a recently completed study investigating the relationship between college-age offsprings' perceptions of several dimensions of interparental conflict and indicants of adjustment. Analysis revealed that frequency of interparental conflict was the most important predictor of depression, externalizing behavior problems, and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Conflict, Family Influence
Child Physical Abuse and Self-Perceived Social Isolation among Adolescents
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Elliott, Gregory C.; Cunningham, Susan M.; Linder, Meadow; Colangelo, Melissa; Gross, Michelle – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2005
This research examines the connection between physical abuse and social isolation. Using data from the National Youth Survey, a measure of self-perceived social isolation was constructed indicating the extent to which respondents feel detached from their friends and from school. Those who had experienced violence were predicted to be more isolated…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Social Isolation, Child Abuse, Adolescents
Long-Term Effects of Parent-to-Child Violence for Women.
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Downs, William R.; And Others – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1992
Examined whether experiences of parental violence during childhood are related to two separate adulthood problems for women: victimization by severe partner violence and the development of alcohol-related problems. Violence from both parents related to each adulthood problem, but important differences between mother violence and father violence…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Alcoholism, Child Abuse
Cognitive Functioning and Social Competence as Predictors of Maladjustment in Sexually Abused Girls.
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Shapiro, Jeremy P.; And Others – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1992
To explain sexually abused children's various degrees of maladjustment, assessed behavior problems, social competence, and cognitive functioning in 53 black girls (5 to 16 years old). Internalizing dysfunction was positively related to three cognition-related variables: intellectual functioning, academic achievement, and age. Anxiety over the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Blacks