Effects of Friends' Victimization and Aggression on Victimization and Aggression Dynamic Change Among Middle School Students
A 1.5-year follow-up longitudinal design was used to explore the patterns change of victimization and aggression from the perspective of individual attributes among 1135 Chinese middle school students.The results showed that:1)Four distinct patterns of victimization and aggression,that is,uninvolved group,high victimization-low aggression,medium victimization-high aggression,and medium victimization-low aggression(wave 1)/high victimization-high aggression(wave 2),were identified.There were stability and transitions among patterns of victimization and aggression.2)Friends'victimization and aggression had significant impacts on the changing patterns of adolescents'victimization and aggression.Specifically,if adolescents'friends experienced more victimization at wave 1,the probability of these adolescents transforming from the uninvolved group to the high victimization-low aggression group was higher.If Adolescents'friends experienced more aggression at wave 1,the probability of these adolescents transforming from the uninvolved group to the medium victimization-high aggression group and high victimization-high aggression group was higher.3)Friendship quality played different roles in the above relationships.High friendship quality strengthened the impact of friends'victimization,while low friendship quality intensified the impact of friends'aggression.The findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the diversity of patterns of change in victimization and aggression among middle school students and facilitate the development of targeted preventive intervention programs.
victimizationaggressionmiddle school studentsfriendshiptransition patterns
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维普
