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Resilience in the face of peer victimization and perceived discrimination : the role of individual and familial factors

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Freitas, Daniela Fonseca de, Mendonça, Marina, Wolke, Dieter, Marturano, Edna Maria, Fontaine, Anne Marie and Coimbra, Susana (2022) Resilience in the face of peer victimization and perceived discrimination : the role of individual and familial factors. Child Abuse & Neglect, 125 . 105492. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105492

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Abstract

Background:
Peer victimization and discrimination are two related forms of social victimization. However, the majority of studies only focus on one form or the other. This study investigates resilience in victims of both these forms of violence.

Objective:
To identify individual and family level factors that foster, or hinder, resilience in the face of both peer victimization and perceived discrimination.

Participants:
In a sample of 2975 high-school students, 22% (n = 644) met the criteria for substantial social victimization. The sample's mean age was 16.5 years, 57% were girls, 19% were in vocational courses, 12% were from an ethnic minority background, and 5% were lesbian, gay, or bisexual.

Method:
A measure of resilience was created by regressing the mean levels of current mental health, self-esteem, and life satisfaction on the frequency of lifetime peer victimization and past year perceived discrimination. Regression analyses were conducted to identify correlates of resilience considering protective and vulnerability factors, including sociodemographic information, anxious personality, empathy, coping strategies, familial optimism, and the relationship with their mother and father.

Results:
Resilience was associated with low anxious personality, four coping strategies (active, use of humor, low self-blame, low substance use), and satisfaction with the relationship with the mother.

Conclusions:
Resilience is related to both behavioral and meaning-making coping strategies, personality traits, and satisfaction in relationships. This study's findings can be used to tailor interventions to foster resilience in adolescents exposed to social victimization.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing
Faculty of Science > Psychology
Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Bullying -- Psychological aspects, Bullying -- Social aspects, Discrimination -- Psychological aspects, Discrimination -- Social aspects, Resilience (Personality trait), Resilience (Personality trait) in children, Resilience (Personality trait) in adolescence
Journal or Publication Title: Child Abuse & Neglect
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0145-2134
Official Date: March 2022
Dates:
DateEvent
March 2022Published
19 January 2022Available
11 January 2022Accepted
Volume: 125
Article Number: 105492
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105492
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
SFRH/BD/79575/2011Fundação para a Ciência e a tecnologiahttp://viaf.org/viaf/148753396
2014.1.3765.1.1University of the South Pacifichttp://viaf.org/viaf/140733222
INTERFASOLEuropean Cooperation in Science and Technologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000921
CPUP UID/PSI/00050/2013Fundação para a Ciência e a tecnologiahttp://viaf.org/viaf/148753396
FEDER/COMPETE2020 POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007294Fundação para a Ciência e a tecnologiahttp://viaf.org/viaf/148753396

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