Cultural Differences In Perception Of Relational\social Victimization And Coping Skills: A Cross-cultural Investigation Of Africans And Western Students In Chinese Universities

The terms relational and social victimization are particularly similar with respect of the types of manipulative acts involved. They differ slightly in their emphasis in researcher's conceptualization. Manipulative acts of relational and social victimization normally disrupts relationships, group acceptance and damaging others social standing through overt and covert forms. The current retrospective study investigated the perceptions of relational and social aggression and coping skills among 200 Africans and Western (Americans, Canadians, Australians and Europeans) students in Chinese Universities.The Social Experience Questionnaire on Relational and Social Victimization (SEQRSV) was used to assess perceived relational and social victimization effects whilst The Self-Report Coping Questionnaire assesses coping strategies from perceived relational and social victimization.