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Early Puberty, Peer Victimization, and Internalizing Symptoms in Ethnic Minority Adolescents

Erum Nadeem

University of California, Los Angeles, erum{at}ucla.edu

Sandra Graham

University of California, Los Angeles, shgraham{at}ucla.edu

One thousand twenty-four African American and Latino sixth graders participated in a study examining the moderating role of pubertal development on the relation between peer victimization and adolescent self-worth, depressed mood, and physical symptoms using peer and self-reported victimization. It was hypothesized that early-maturing girls who were victimized would experience heightened internalized distress. Among boys, two competing hypotheses were tested: (a) the imbalance of power hypothesis predicted that late-maturing boys who were victimized would experience more psychological distress and (b) the social misfit hypothesis predicted that early-maturing victims would experience more distress. Results indicated that African American and Latino early-maturing boys and girls who were viewed as victims by their peers reported elevated depressed mood and physical symptoms and lower self-worth. The moderating role of early puberty was documented with reputational (peer report) measures of victimization rather than self-report measures, which highlights the social consequences of early maturation.

Key Words: puberty • peer victimization • internalizing symptoms • ethnicity

The Journal of Early Adolescence, Vol. 25, No. 2, 197-222 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0272431604274177
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