Psychological correlates of peer victimisation in preschool: Social cognitive skills, executive function and attachment profiles

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 571-588

  Monks, Claire P ^a   Smith, Peter K ^b   Swettenham, John ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Executive function; Preschool; Theory of mind; Victimisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 30544453345     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20099     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. Anderson V. 1998. Assessing executive functions in children: Biological, psychological and developmental considerations. Neuropsychol Rehab 8:319-349.
2. Baron-Cohen S, Leslie AM, Frith U. 1985. Does the autistic child have a 'theory of mind'? Cognition 21:37-46.
3. Björkqvist K, Lagerspetz KM, Kaukiainen A. 1992. Do girls manipulate and boys fight? Developmental trends in regard to direct and indirect aggression. AggrBehav 18:117-127.
4. Björkqvist K, Österman K, Kaukiainen A. 2000. Social intelligence-empathy = aggression? Aggr Violent Behav 5:191-200.
5. Bost KK, Vaughn BE, Newell-Washington W, Ciclinski KL, Bradbard MR. 1998. Social competence, social support, and attachment: Demarcation of construct domains, measurement, and paths of influence for preschool children attending head start. Child Dev 69:192-218.
6. Boulton MJ, Smith PK. 1994. Bully/victim problems in middle-school children: Stability, self-perceived competence, peer perceptions and peer acceptance. Br J Dev Psychol 12:315-329.
7. Boulton MJ, Underwood K. 1992. Bully/victim problems among middle school children. Br J Educ Psychol 62:73-87.
8. Brace N, Kemp R, Snelgar R. 2003. "SPSS for Psychologists. A Guide to Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows," 2nd edition. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
9. Crick NR, Casas JF, Ku H. 1999. Relational and physical forms of peer victimisation in preschool. Dev Psychol 35:376-385.
10. Crick NR, Dodge KA. 1996. Social informationprocessing mechanisms in reactive and proactive aggression. Child Dev 67:993-1002.
11. Crick NR, Dodge KA. 1999. 'Superiority' is in the eye of the beholder: A comment on Sutton, Smith and Swettenham. Soc Dev 8:128-131.
12. Crick NR, Grotpeter JK. 1995. Relational aggression, gender and social-psychological adjustment. Child Dev 66:710-722.
13. Dodge KA, Lansford JE, Burks VS, Bates JE, Pettit GS, Fontaine R, Price JM. 2003. Peer rejection and social information-processing factors in the development of aggressive behavior problems in children. Child Dev 74:374-393.
14. Dunn LM, Dunn LM, Whetton C, Pintilie D. 1982. "British Picture Vocabulary Scale." Windsor Berks: NFER-NELSON.
15. Egan SK, Monson TC, Perry DG. 1999. Social-cognitive influences on change in aggression over time. Dev Psychol 34:996-1006.
16. Fagot B, Kavanagh K. 1990, The prediction of antisocial behaviour from avoidant attachment classifications. Child Dev 61:864-873.
17. Gerstadt CL, Hong YJ, Diamond A. 1994. The relationship between cognition and action: Performance of children 31/2-7 years on a Stroop-like day-night test. Cognition 53:129-153.
18. Hala S, Chandler M, Fritz AS. 1991. Fledgling theories of mind-Deception as a marker of 3-year-olds understanding of false belief. Child Dev 62:83-97.
19. Hanish LD, Guerra NG. 2000. Predictors of peer victimisation among urban youth. Soc Dev 9: 521-543.
20. Hodges EVE, Perry DG. 1999. Personal and interpersonal antecedents and consequences of victimisation by peers. J Pers Soc Psychol 76:677-685.
21. Howell DC. 2002. "Statistical Methods for Psychology," 5th edition. Pacific Grove, CA: Duxbery.
22. Hughes C. 1998. Finding your marbles: Does preschoolers' strategic behaviour predict later understanding of mind? Dev Psychol 34:1326-1339.
23. Hughes C, Dunn J, White A. 1998. Trick or treat?: Uneven understanding of mind and emotion and executive dysfunction in 'hard-to-manage' preschoolers. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 39:1-14.
24. Hughes C, White A, Sharpen J, Dunn J. 2000. Antisocial, angry and unsympathetic: 'Hard-to-manage' preschoolers' peer problems and possible cognitive influences. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 41:169-179.
25. Juvonen J, Graham S (eds). 2001. "Peer Harassment at School: The Plight of the Vulnerable and Victimized." New York: Guilford Publications.
26. Kaplan N. 1985. Procedures for administration of the Hansburg Separation Anxiety Test for younger children adapted from Klagsbrun and Bowlby. Unpublished administration manual.
27. Kaukiainen A, Björkqvist K, Lagerspetz K, Österman K, Salmivalli C, Rothberg S, Ahlbom A. 1999. The relationship between social intelligence, empathy, and three types of aggression. Aggr Behav 25:81-89.
28. Kaukiainen A, Björkqvist K, Österman K, Lagerspetz KMJ. 1996. Social intelligence and empathy as antecedents of different types of aggression. In Ferris CF, Grisson T (eds): "Understanding Aggressive Behaviour in Children," Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 794:364-366.
29. Kochenderfer BJ, Ladd GW. 1996. Peer victimisation: Cause or consequence of school maladjustment? Child Dev 67:1305-1317.
30. Ladd GW, Burgess KB. 1999. Charting the relationship trajectories of aggressive, withdrawn, and aggressive/ withdrawn children during early grade school. Child Dev 70:910-929.
31. Ladd GW, Ladd BK. 1998. Parenting behaviours and parent-child relationship: Correlates of peer victimisation in kindergarten? Dev Psychol 34:1450-1458.
32. LaFreniere PJ, Sroufe LA. 1985. Profiles of peer competence in the preschool-Interrelations between measures, influence of social ecology, and relation to attachment history. Dev Psychol 21:56-69.
33. Lezak MD. 1995. "Neuropsychological Assessment," 3rd edition. New York: Oxford University Press.
34. Lyons-Ruth K. 1996. Attachment relationships among children with aggressive behavior problems: The role of disorganised early attachment patterns. J Consult Clin Psychol 64:64-73.
35. Monks C, Ruiz RO, Val ET. 2002. Unjustified aggression in preschool. Aggr Behav 28:458-476.
36. Monks CP, Smith PK, Swettenham J. 2003. Aggressors, victims and defenders in preschool: Peer, self and teacher reports. Merrill-Palmer Quart 49: 453-469.
37. Myron-Wilson R. 1998. The family and bullying: Parenting and transgenerational patterns of attachment. Unpublished PhD thesis. Goldsmiths College, University of London.
38. Olweus D. 1979. Stability of aggressive reaction patterns in males: A review. Psychol Bull 86: 852-875.
39. Perner J, Leekam SR, Wimmer H. 1987. 2-year-olds difficulty with false belief - The case for a conceptual deficit. Br J Dev Psychol 5:125-137.
40. Perner J, Ruffman T, Leekam SR, 1994. Theory of mind is contagious - You catch it from your sibs. Child Dev 65:1228-1238.
41. Perry DG, Perry LC, Boldizar JP. 1990. Learning of aggression. In Lewis M, Miller S (eds): "Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology," New York: Plenum Press, p 135-146.
42. Resnick G. 1993. Measuring attachment in early adolescence: A manual for the administration, coding and interpretation of the Separation Anxiety Test for 11-14 year olds. Unpublished coding manual.
43. Rivers I, Smith PK. 1994. Types of bullying behavior and their correlates. Aggr Behav 20:359-368.
44. Riviere A. 1997. Second order false belief task-Sally and Anne looking through the window. Pers Commun.
45. Salmivalli C, Lagerspetz KMJ, Björkqvist K, Österman K. Kaukiainen A. 1996. Bullying as a group process: Participant roles and their relations to social status within the group. Aggr Behav 22:1-15.
46. Salmivalli C, Lappalainen M, Lagerspetz K. 1998. Stability and change of behavior in connection with bullying in schools: A two-year follow-up. Aggr Behav 24:205-218.
47. Scheitauer H, Petermann F. 2002. Unprototypical forms of aggression among children and adolescents A meta-analysis. Paper presented at Seventh Workshop on Aggression, Vienna, November.
48. Séguin JR, Boulerice B, Harden PW, Tremblay RE, Pihl RO. 1999. Executive functions and physical aggression after controlling for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, general memory, and IQ. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 40:1197-1208.
49. Séguin JR, Pihl RO, Harden PW, Tremblay RE, Boulderice B. 1995. Cognitive and neuropsychoiogical characteristics of physically aggressive boys. J Abnorm Psychol 104:614-624.
50. Shallice T. 1982. Specific impairments of planning. Philos Trans R Soc Lond 298:199-209.
51. Shallice T. 1988. "From Neuropsychology to Mental Structure." Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.
52. Smith PK, Cowie H, Olaffson RH, Liefooghe APD. 2002. Definitions of bullying: A comparison of terms used, and age and gender differences, in a fourteencountry international comparison. Child Dev 73:1119-1133.
53. Smith, PK, Levan S. 1995. Perceptions and experiences of bullying in younger children. Br J Educ Psychol 65:489-500.
54. Smith PK, Morita Y, Junger-Tas J, Olweus D, Catalane R, Slee P (eds). 1999. "The Nature of School Bullying: A Cross-National Perspective." London & New York: Routledge.
55. Sodian B, Frith U. 1992. Deception and sabotage in autistic, retarded and normal-children. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 33:591-605.
56. Sutton J, Smith PK. 1999. Bullying as a group process: An adaptation of the participant role approach. Aggr Behav 25:97-111.
57. Sutton J, Smith PK, Swettenham J. 1999a. Bullying and "theory of mind": A critique of the "social skills deficit" view of anti-social behaviour. Soc Dev 8:117-127.
58. Sutton J, Smith PK, Swettenham J. 1999b. Social cognition and bullying: Social inadequacy or skilled manipulation? Br J Dev Psychol 17:435-450.
59. Troy M, Sroufe AL. 1987. Victimisation among preschoolers: Role of attachment relationships history. J Am Acad Child Adol Psychiatry 26: 166-172.
60. Watson AC, Nixon CL, Wilson A, Capage L. 1999. Social interaction skills and theory of mind in young children. Dev Psychol 35:386-391.
61. Welsh MC, Pennington BF, Grossier DB. 1991. A normative-developmental study of executive function: A window on prefrontal function in children. Dev Neuropsychol 7:131-149.