This research reviewed social information processing (SIP) in peer-victimized children in such a way which considers issues of measurement in what indicates being a victim. A small sample of 107 2nd and 3rd grade students completed self- and peer-reports of victimization and aggression, and a measure of SIP. The outcomes revealed that self- and peer- reports of victimization weren’t considerably linked. There seemed to be a small but vital positive relationship between victimization and aggression, both within and across informants. Results about the relationship among victimization and SIP were challenging by overlaps between victimization and aggression, not enough correlations across perspectives, and small sample size. Hostile intent attributions were reasonably positively correlated to self-reported victimization, however, not to peer-reported victimization. The outcomes indicate that the relationship between victimization and SIP relies on how victimization is calculated….
Contents:Â Social Information Processing Patterns of Peer-Victimized Children
Chapter 1: Introduction
Rationale for Studying Victimization
The Role of Social Information Processing in Children’s Social Maladjustment
Social Information Processing and Victimization
Issues in the Measurement of Victimization
Aggressive versus passive victims
Self-identified, peer-identified, and self-peer-identified victims
Statement of the Problem and Research Questions
Chapter 2: Overview of the Literature
Characteristics of Victims
Victim Subtypes
Aggressive versus passive victims
Overt versus relational victimization
Attribution Theory
Social Information Processing Models
Cue encoding
Cue interpretation
Clarification of goals
Response access or construction
Response decision
The role of social knowledge
Social Information Processing and Victimization
Caveats in the Measurement of Victimization
Methods of assessing victimization
Subconstructs of victimization
Shared method variance
Utility of peer nominations and self-reports
Statement of the Problem and Research Questions
Part 1: Exploration of measures of victimization and aggression
Part 2: Investigation of the relationship between social information processing,
victimization, and aggression
Chapter 3: Methods
Purpose
Participants
Measures
Victimization
Aggression
Social Information Processing
Procedures
Data Analysis
Chapter 4: Results
Part 1: Exploration of Victimization and Aggression Measures
Question 1A: Correlations among different measures of the same construct, within
informant
Question 1B: Agreement among informants
Question 1C: Relationship between victimization and aggression
Part 2: Victimization, Aggression, and SIP
Question 2A: Relationship between victimization and SIP
Question 2B: Relationship between aggression and SIP
Question 2C: Unique contributions of aggression and victimization to SIP…