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The Vicious Cycle of Interpersonal Violence: The Relationship Among Childhood Maltreatment, Peer Victimization, and Aggression in Adolescents.

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Τίτλος: The Vicious Cycle of Interpersonal Violence: The Relationship Among Childhood Maltreatment, Peer Victimization, and Aggression in Adolescents.
Συγγραφείς: Bai R; Institute of Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People's Republic of China., Liang C; Institute of Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People's Republic of China., Li J; Institute of Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People's Republic of China., Wang Y; Institute of Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People's Republic of China., Liu X; Institute of Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Πηγή: Journal of interpersonal violence [J Interpers Violence] 2026 Aug; Vol. 41 (15-16), pp. 5049-5072. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Jul 22.
Τύπος έκδοσης: Journal Article
Γλώσσα: English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού: Publisher: Sage Publications Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8700910 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1552-6518 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 08862605 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Interpers Violence Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Publication: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications
Original Publication: [Beverly Hills, CA] : Sage Publications, [c1986-
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): Crime Victims*/psychology , Aggression*/psychology , Child Abuse*/psychology , Adolescent Behavior*/psychology , Peer Group* , Interpersonal Relations*, Humans ; Male ; Adolescent ; Female ; China ; Longitudinal Studies ; Child
Περίληψη: Previous studies suggest a reciprocal relationship between peer victimization and aggression in adolescents. However, much is unknown about this relationship due to the specificity in subtypes of aggression. Additionally, what factor triggers the reciprocal relationship between peer victimization and aggression remains unclear. Using a longitudinal dataset, the present study examined the reciprocal relationship between peer victimization and reactive/proactive aggression, respectively, and explored the triggering effect of childhood maltreatment. A total of 2741 adolescents (55.9% male; M age = 13.28 ± 0.73) from three junior high schools in China participated in this study. The results showed that the reciprocal relationship only existed between peer victimization and proactive aggression, and did not exist between peer victimization and reactive aggression. Moreover, the triggering effects of childhood maltreatment were significant. That is, the two mediation pathways "childhood maltreatment-peer victimization-reactive/proactive aggression" and "childhood maltreatment-proactive aggression-peer victimization" were both significant across boys and girls. These findings provide insight that exposure to maltreatment in the family during childhood would trigger the vicious cycle of interpersonal violence during adolescence, reflected by the reinforced escalation of peer victimization and aggression perpetration.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interests with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.
Contributed Indexing: Keywords: adolescence; childhood maltreatment; peer victimization; proactive aggression; reactive aggression
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20250722 Date Completed: 20260715 Latest Revision: 20260715
Update Code: 20260715
DOI: 10.1177/08862605251353498
PMID: 40692359
Βάση Δεδομένων: MEDLINE
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