Øksendal, Elise, Brandlistuen, Ragnhild Eek, Wolke, Dieter, Helland, Siri Saugestad, Holte, Arne and Wang, Mari Vaage (2021) Associations between language difficulties, peer victimization, and bully perpetration from 3 through 8 years of age : results From a population-based study. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 64 (7). pp. 2698-2714. doi:10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-00406 ISSN 1092-4388.
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Abstract
Background and Purpose:
Schoolchildren with language difficulties experience more peer victimization compared to their typically developing (TD) peers. Whether these children also bully their peers (bully perpetration) more than TD children is unclear. Furthermore, little is known about peer victimization and bully perpetration among preschool children with language difficulties and how it may be related to different paths of language difficulties. This study aimed to investigate associations between language difficulties, peer victimization, and bully perpetration from preschool to school age as well as the risk of peer victimization and bully perpetration for children with different developmental paths of language difficulties and mild language difficulties compared to TD children.
Method:
The sample was drawn from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study. Participants with completed questionnaires at 3, 5, and 8 years of age (n = 22,628) were included. Paths between latent variables of language skills at 3, 5, and 8 years of age, peer victimization at 5 and 8 years of age, and bully perpetration at 8 years of age were examined with structural equation modeling. Logistic regression was used to investigate peer victimization and bully perpetration for predefined paths of language difficulties.
Results:
Poor language skills at 3 and 5 years of age were associated with peer victimization at 5 years of age. Poor language skills at 5 and 8 years of age were associated with peer victimization and bully perpetration at 8 years of age. The association between poor language skills at 5 years of age and bully perpetration at 8 years of age was stronger for girls. Persistent paths of language difficulties at 3, 5, and 8 years of age showed the highest risk of peer victimization and bully perpetration.
Conclusions:
Language difficulties are associated with peer victimization and bully perpetration. The risk of peer victimization and bully perpetration differs according to different developmental paths of language difficulties from preschool to school age.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Communicative competence , Communicative competence in children , Communicative disorders in children , Language disorders in children, Bullying, Preschool children, Preschool children -- Conduct of life |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research |
| Publisher: | American Speech - Language - Hearing Association |
| ISSN: | 1092-4388 |
| Official Date: | 16 July 2021 |
| Dates: | Date Event 16 July 2021 Published 15 June 2021 Available 30 January 2021 Accepted |
| Volume: | 64 |
| Number: | 7 |
| Page Range: | pp. 2698-2714 |
| DOI: | 10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-00406 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons open licence) |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2021 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 June 2021 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 16 December 2021 |
| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/154233/ |
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