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Gender Differences in and Gender Moderation of Peer Victimization and Its Correlates

Gender Differences in and Gender Moderation of Peer Victimization and Its Correlates. Jordan Barnada Dr. Julie Hubbard Psychology Department. Introduction. The problem of bullying Bullying-prevention programs What about gender? Literature review Very inconsistent results

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Gender Differences in and Gender Moderation of Peer Victimization and Its Correlates

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  1. Gender Differences in and Gender Moderation of Peer Victimization and Its Correlates Jordan Barnada Dr. Julie Hubbard Psychology Department

  2. Introduction • The problem of bullying • Bullying-prevention programs • What about gender? • Literature review • Very inconsistent results • Not enough information

  3. Goals of the Study • To provide a more thorough examination of gender differences in victimization • To investigate whether gender moderates the relations between victimization and a range of negative correlates

  4. Moderation • Relationship between 2 things • What’s the strength of that relationship? • Strength can be different for boys vs. girls Gender Victimization Depression

  5. Moderation cont’d Boys Depression Girls Victimization

  6. Hypotheses • Boys will experience more victimization • Gender moderation will occur for some correlates • Depression • Anxiety • School avoidance • Peer rejection • Somatization • Social withdrawal

  7. Participants • 1760 children • 4th and 5th graders in 94 classrooms in 12 schools • 49% female, 51% male • Racial/Ethnic Breakdown • European American: 47.1% • Latino American: 18.3% • African American: 16.2% • Mixed Race: 7.2% • Asian American: 6.0% • American Indian or Alaska Native: 0.7% • Average age = 10 years old

  8. Measures

  9. Results

  10. Hypothesis 1: Gender Differences in Victimization by Report Type Note. *p<0.05. **p<0.01

  11. Interaction Terms (Victimization x Gender) in Regressions to Examine Gender Moderation of Relations Between Victimization and Outcomes

  12. Hypothesis 2- Depression: Teacher-Report • Boys > Girls on strength of relation between victimization and depression

  13. Hypothesis 2- Peer Rejection: Peer-Report • Boys > Girls on strength of relation between victimization and peer rejection

  14. Hypothesis 2- Peer Rejection: Teacher-Report • Boys > Girls on strength of relation between victimization and peer rejection

  15. Strengths Limitations • Measured robustly • 3 types of reports • Studied physical and verbal victimization • Broader range of outcomes • Large bulk of data is from teacher-reports • One time point • Developmentally limited

  16. The Future • Implications • Gender-segregated anti-bullying programs may be more effective • Different treatment interventions can be created/utilized based on gender • Research • More self & peer measures • Longitudinal studies • Expand sample

  17. Acknowledgements • My Faculty Mentor • Dr. Julie Hubbard • McNair Scholars Program Staff • Dr. Kim Saunders, Tiffany Scott, Natalie Cook, Nicole Mozee • Peer Relations Lab Graduate Students • Megan Bookhout, Marissa Smith, Lauren Swift, Stevie Grassetti • My fellow McNair Scholars

  18. Descriptive Statistics

  19. Bivariate Correlations Note. *p<0.05. **p<0.01

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