Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
J Adolesc. 2022 Oct;94(7):1041-1046. doi: 10.1002/jad.12081. Epub 2022 Aug 1.
Although prior research has considered how friendship quality or quantity influence peer victimization risk and vice versa, considerably less is known about how friendship instability (i.e., high levels of friend turnover) and peer victimization may be related to each other across time.
Survey data were collected from 9th grade students (N = 388; M = 14.05; 60.60% female; 35.8% male; 1.8% non-binary; 1.9% trans/unsure/something else) across 3-month intervals spanning one school year. Using cross-lagged panel modeling, this study investigated cross-lagged longitudinal associations between friendship instability and peer victimization utilizing three waves of data collected across one academic year.
Adolescents experiencing greater peer victimization at the beginning of the school year were more likely to experience friendship instability by the end of the school year. However, friendship instability at the beginning of the school year was unrelated to subsequent peer victimization.
Peer victimized adolescents are less likely than their nonvictimized peers to maintain stable friendships over time. Findings suggest that adolescents who are victimized by peers after transitioning to high school may have difficulty maintaining friendships.
尽管先前的研究已经考虑了友谊质量或数量如何影响同伴侵害风险，反之亦然，但对于友谊不稳定性（即高水平的朋友更替）和同伴侵害如何随时间相互关联，人们知之甚少。
本研究从 9 年级学生中收集了调查数据（N=388；M=14.05；60.60%女性；35.8%男性；1.8%非二元性别；1.9%跨性别/不确定/其他），横跨一学年，每隔 3 个月进行一次。本研究利用一学年中收集的三波数据，采用交叉滞后面板模型，调查了友谊不稳定性和同伴侵害之间的交叉滞后纵向关联。
在学年开始时经历更多同伴侵害的青少年，在学年结束时更有可能经历友谊不稳定性。然而，学年开始时的友谊不稳定性与随后的同伴侵害无关。
与非受害同伴相比，受同伴侵害的青少年随着时间的推移不太可能保持稳定的友谊。研究结果表明，刚进入高中就被同伴侵害的青少年可能很难维持友谊。
