Overt and Relational Victimizationand Adolescent Friendships: Selection, De-selection, and Social Influence
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Keywords
Victimization, Friendship, Adolescence, Social network analysis
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/15534510.2012.739097
Abstract
This study examined friendship selection and social influence in overt and relational victimization during middle school (N = 504; 12–14 years) using longitudinal social network analysis. Relational victimization was related to undesirability as a friend (i.e., receiving fewer friendship nominations from peers) and to selecting friends who experienced similar levels of relational victimization. Overt victimization was related to being less active in nominating peers as friends and showed maintenance of friendship ties in one friendship network, but termination or de-selection of friendships in another. Social influence was observed for both forms of victimization. The findings provide evidence for both friendship selection and social influence in victimization, suggest that victimized youth may have friendship difficulties, and underline the need to consider overt and relational victimization separately to understand the development of victimization.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Social Influence, v. 8, issues 2-3, p. 177-195
Scholar Commons Citation
Sijtsema, Jelle J.; Rambaran, Ashwin J.; and Ojanen, Tiina, "Overt and Relational Victimizationand Adolescent Friendships: Selection, De-selection, and Social Influence" (2013). Psychology Faculty Publications. 915.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/915
