Is Self-Perceived Victimization Associated with Social and/or Psychological Maladjustment? It Depends on How You Measure It!

This study examined differences in social and psychological maladjustment based on the type of self-report used to measure peer victimization. The findings suggest that global measures of peer victimization may be more useful for identifying psychological maladjustment and specific (e.g., sociometric) measures may be more useful for identifying social maladjustment.