APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Peer Victimization and Community, Teacher and Peer Support: Links to Social Support As a Mediating Process and Subsequent Internalizing Outcomes
- Eric Buhs
University of Nebraska - Lanyan Ding
University of Nebraska - Emily Griese
Sanford Helath - Jaymi Russo
Sanford Health - Valerie Bares
Sanford Health
Abstract
Peer victimization is a pervasive challenge for American youth. Approximately 82% of rural youth report victimization and rural American Indian (AI) youth face additional challenges and barriers. We’ve examined longitudinal growth/change in individual and community protective factors in these groups and examined how peer victimization predicts mental health outcomes.
Adolescent