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. 2023 Oct;32(10):3134-3147.
doi: 10.1007/s10826-023-02567-3. Epub 2023 Apr 6.

Mother-Adolescent Agreement Concerning Peer Victimization:Predictors and Relation to Coping

Melissa J Dudley  1 , Amanda B Nickerson  2 , Young Sik Seo  3 , Jennifer A Livingston  4
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Mother-Adolescent Agreement Concerning Peer Victimization:Predictors and Relation to Coping

Melissa J Dudley et al. J Child Fam Stud. 2023 Oct.

Abstract

The current study analyzed adolescent, maternal, and family factors associated with mother-adolescent agreement on reports of verbal, relational, and physical forms of peer victimization. It also assessed the relationship between mother-adolescent agreement and adolescents' coping response to peer victimization. The sample consisted of 783 adolescents (337 male, 446 female) between the ages 13-15 and their mothers. Consistent with previous research, results showed mother-adolescent agreement to be low, with kappa coefficients ranging from .15 to .30 on items measuring adolescent peer victimization. A multinomial logistic regression analysis indicated that adolescent factors (age, gender, depression symptomology), maternal factors (depression symptomology, history of victimization), and family cohesion were significantly related to mother-adolescent agreement on reports of peer victimization. Lastly, mother-adolescent agreement on reports of adolescent peer victimization was associated with adolescents' increased use of adult support seeking and problem-solving and decreased use of passive-coping, distancing, and revenge-seeking as a coping response to peer victimization.

Keywords: adolescent coping; mother-adolescent agreement; peer victimization.

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