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VICTIMIZATION: ASSESSMENT, DEVELOPMENTAL TRENDS, AND RELATION TO SOCIOMETRIC STATUS AND AGGRESSION

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1987
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The objective of this study was to develop a peer nominating instrument for identifying children victimized by their peers. Results supported the reliability and validity of the Children's Aggression and Victimization Inventory (CAVI). Test items were highly intercorrelated; test-retest stability was high; consensus among peers on victim nominations was strong. A secondary goal was to assess developmental trends in victimization. Between the third and sixth grades, physical victimization decreased while verbal victimization remained level. Rates of victimization were greater for boys than for girls. A final aim was to search for links between the CAVI victim scale and aggression, intelligence and sociometric status. Aggression and victimization were independent of one another but both contributed significantly to children's rejection by peers. Implications of the research and suggestions for future uses of the CAVI are discussed.
Title: VICTIMIZATION: ASSESSMENT, DEVELOPMENTAL TRENDS, AND RELATION TO SOCIOMETRIC STATUS AND AGGRESSION.
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Name(s): KUSEL, SARA J.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1987
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 45 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The objective of this study was to develop a peer nominating instrument for identifying children victimized by their peers. Results supported the reliability and validity of the Children's Aggression and Victimization Inventory (CAVI). Test items were highly intercorrelated; test-retest stability was high; consensus among peers on victim nominations was strong. A secondary goal was to assess developmental trends in victimization. Between the third and sixth grades, physical victimization decreased while verbal victimization remained level. Rates of victimization were greater for boys than for girls. A final aim was to search for links between the CAVI victim scale and aggression, intelligence and sociometric status. Aggression and victimization were independent of one another but both contributed significantly to children's rejection by peers. Implications of the research and suggestions for future uses of the CAVI are discussed.
Identifier: 14391 (digitool), FADT14391 (IID), fau:12690 (fedora)
Note(s): Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1987.
Subject(s): Aggressiveness in children
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