Individual and social risk factors related to overt victimization in a sample of Spanish adolescents

Psychol Rep. 2007 Aug;101(1):275-90. doi: 10.2466/pr0.101.1.275-290.

Abstract

This study analyzes the role of adolescents' self-esteem, loneliness, sociometric status, and perceptions of family and classroom environment on overt vicitimization by peers in a sample of 1319 Spanish adolescents (48% boys and 52% girls), ages 11 to 16 years (M=13.7, SD=1.5). The findings from structural equation modeling suggest that adolescents' self-esteem, loneliness, and sociometric status had a significant direct effect on overt victimization by peers, and adolescents' perceptions of family and classroom environment had a significant indirect effect on peer overt victimization mediated by self-esteem, loneliness, and sociometric status. The findings are discussed with the consideration of these variables as individual and social risk factors for overt victimization by peers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Crime Victims / statistics & numerical data*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Peer Group
  • Risk Factors
  • Social Environment*
  • Spain / epidemiology
  • Surveys and Questionnaires