dc.contributor.advisor | Cole, David A. | |
dc.contributor.author | McMillan, Jessica | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-19T13:29:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-19T13:29:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-04-19 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/5266 | |
dc.description.abstract | Our current study builds on Beck’s cognitive model of depression by testing whether peer victimization gives rise to depressive schemas in children and adolescents. Specifically, we created a model stating that chronic peer victimization affects the construction of self-cognitions and adds negative information to the content of self-schema, in turn predisposing for depression. Stemming from a larger 2-year, 3-wave longitudinal study, our experimental study yielded a sample of elementary and middle children who were either chronically peer victimized (n = 110) or those who were not (n = 105). Using self-reports and a self-referent encoding task, this study yielded four major findings: (1) all forms of chronic peer victimization were positively associated with students’ self-reported negative self-cognitions, (2) all forms of peer victimization were negatively related to students’ self-reported positive self-cognitions, (3) relational and verbal peer victimization were related to a decrease in or eradication of the positive memorial bias, and (4) the association between peer victimization and some indicators of depressive self-schemas was stronger for relational and verbal peer victimization than for physical peer victimization. Clinical implications and future research are also elaborated upon in this study. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Thesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Honors Program in Psychological Sciences. Dr. David Cole Lab | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Vanderbilt University | en_US |
dc.subject | peer victimization | en_US |
dc.subject | self-schema | en_US |
dc.subject | negative cognitions | en_US |
dc.subject | SRET | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Depression | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Bullying -- Psychological aspects | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Depression in children | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Victims | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Depression in adolescence | en_US |
dc.title | Peer Victimization and Its Adverse Effects on Self-Schema in Children and Adolescents | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Self-schema and peer victimization | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.school | Vanderbilt University | en_US |
dc.description.department | Psychological Sciences | en_US |