Aiming at the Easy Targets? Illuminating the Interplay of Emotional Reactivity and Victimization from Childhood to Adolescence in a Large Community Sample

Poor regulation hampers relationships, whereas lack of relationships undermines regulation. Among 795 children biannually monitored from age 6 to 16, higher emotional reactivity overlapped with more victimization. Prospective analyses showed that emotional reactivity predicted future vulnerability for victimization, and vice versa, mostly among boys.