Peer Victimization and Loneliness: The Moderating Role of School Connectedness by Gender

JoLynn V Carney; Isak Kim; David Bright; Richard J Hazler

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Peer Victimization and Loneliness: The Moderating Role of School Connectedness by Gender

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Peer Victimization and Loneliness: The Moderating Role of School Connectedness by Gender

JoLynn V Carney, Isak Kim, David Bright and Richard J Hazler

Journal of school counseling, Vol.18(8), pp.1-37

2020

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Abstract

School bullying has a detrimental impact on students, including sense of isolation and diminished school connectedness. The current study adopted social capital theory to examine the role of school connectedness as a moderator on the association between peer victimization and loneliness. A sample of 878 fourth- to sixth-grade elementary school students completed a self-report measure assessing peer victimization from school bullying, loneliness, and school connectedness. For data analyses, 834 cases (51.7% boys) were used after excluding cases with missing values. Data analyses included descriptive statistics, independent t-tests of peer victimization, loneliness, and school connectedness by gender, bivariate correlation analysis, and separate hierarchical linear regression analyses for boys and girls. Results supported existing literature revealing there was a significant mean difference in school connectedness by gender. School connectedness buffered the relationship between peer victimization and loneliness for girls as a moderator, whereas this moderating effect did not appear for boys. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.

Bullying

Gender Differences

Rural Schools

Grade 4

Grade 5

Grade 6

Intervention

Middle School Students

Middle Schools

Peer Relationship

Psychological Patterns

Rating Scales

Sex

Social Capital

Student School Relationship

Victims

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Title: Subtitle: Peer Victimization and Loneliness: The Moderating Role of School Connectedness by Gender
Creators: JoLynn V Carney
Isak Kim
David Bright
Richard J Hazler
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of school counseling, Vol.18(8), pp.1-37
ISSN: 1554-2998
eISSN: 1554-2998
Publisher: Journal of School Counseling
Number of pages: 37
Language: English
Date published: 2020
Description audience: Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Grade 6; Middle Schools; Grade 5; Junior High Schools; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
Academic Unit: Counselor Education; Center for Social Science Innovation
Record Identifier: 9984958334602771

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