Toward a More Comprehensive Understanding of Peer Maltreatment: Studies of Relational Victimization

Keywords

victimization, gender, relational aggression

Abstract

Although many past studies of peer maltreatment have focused on physical victimization, the importance of an empirical focus on relational victimization has only recently been recognized. In relational victimization, the perpetrator attempts to harm the target through the manipulation of relationships, threat of damage to them, or both. We review what is currently known about relational victimization with three issues in mind: (a) developmental changes in the manifestation of relational victimization, (b) gender differences in the likelihood of being victimized, and (c) evidence that relational victimization is harmful.

Original Publication Citation

Crick, N. R., Casas, J. F., & Nelson, D. A. (2002). Toward a more comprehensive understanding of peer maltreatment: Studies of relational victimization. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11, 98-101.

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2002-06-01

Permanent URL

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/7373

Publisher

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Language

English

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Family Life

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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