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- Title
A Latent Transition Analysis of Aggression Victimization Patterns During the Transition from Primary to Middle School.
- Authors
Zheng, Hao; Zhou, Yueyue; Fu, Lin; Eli, Buzohre; Han, Ru; Liu, Zhengkui
- Abstract
School transitions provide contexts for adolescents to reconstruct peer relationships and re-establish social positions. Scarce research has captured the transition of aggressor and victim roles during this period and examined associated factors. To investigate the stability and shifts of aggressor and victim roles following the transition to middle school, this study conducted latent transition analysis with 1261 Chinese adolescents (32.6% female, Mage in Grade 6 = 12.1 years, SD = 0.7). Three subgroups were identified across Grades 5 to 8: aggressive–victims, victims and uninvolved. Adolescents were more likely to transition from aggressive–victim and victim roles to the uninvolved group during the transition to middle school compared to the transitions within the same educational phase. Males and those with insecure parental attachment were at higher risk of being and remaining in the involved groups. The findings underscore the dynamic nature of adolescent aggression and victimization and highlight the transition to middle school as a critical window for interventions aimed at helping adolescents disengage from aggression and victimization.
- Subjects
CHINA; RISK of violence; VIOLENCE prevention; PSYCHOLOGY of middle school students; RISK assessment; ELEMENTARY schools; VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGY of school children; AFFINITY groups; SEX distribution; ATTACHMENT behavior; PARENT-child relationships; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; PARENTING; AGGRESSION (Psychology); CRIME victims; TEENAGERS' conduct of life; TRANSITIONAL programs (Education); SOCIAL skills; MIDDLE schools; INTERPERSONAL relations; SOCIAL support; CHILD behavior
- Publication
Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 2024, Vol 53, Issue 7, p1564
- ISSN
0047-2891
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10964-023-01931-2