| This study examined the relations of multiple types of peer victimization with children's daily psychological functioning. Participants (182 fifth-grade boys and girls) completed daily measures of peer victimization, positive and negative affect, and perceived social competence across eight school days. Self-report data on depressive symptoms, peer-report data on peer rejection, and teacher-report data on aggression were also collected. The structure of the peer victimization measure was best represented by five factors: physical victimization, verbal victimization, social manipulation, property attacks, and social rebuff. All five types of victimization were uniquely linked to increased daily negative affect, and three types (verbal victimization, social manipulation, and social rebuff) were uniquely associated with decreased daily perceived social competence. Gender and peer rejection moderated several of these relations. Boys were more reactive to verbal victimization, whereas girls were more reactive to social manipulation and social rebuff. Higher levels of peer rejection were linked to greater reactivity to property attacks but reduced reactivity to verbal victimization. |
