OBJECTIVE: To examine how involvement in aggressor-victim interactions is linked to somatic complaints, illnesses, and physical injuries among elementary school-aged children. STUDY DESIGN: This study was composed of a school-based sample of 590 children in grades 3 through 5. Independent sources were used to assess victimization (self-report) and aggression (peer report) in the fall semester. School nursing logs for the entire school year were collected in May and coded for the number of times each child presented with a somatic complaint, illness, or injury. RESULTS: Both aggression and victimization were significantly related to all 3 reasons for nurse visits, controlling for demographic variables. Higher levels of aggression and victimization each were independently associated with more frequent visits to the school nurse for somatic complaints, illnesses, and injuries. A significant victimization-times-aggression interaction was found for illnesses, with nonaggressive victimized children presenting most frequently for illness visits. CONCLUSIONS: Involvement in aggressor-victim interactions, as either aggressor, victim, or both, is associated with more frequent health complaints, based on school nursing logs. Prevention, early identification, and treatment of problems with victimization and aggression may have important health implications for children.
OBJECTIVE: To examine how involvement in aggressor-victim interactions is linked to somatic complaints, illnesses, and physical injuries among elementary school-aged children. STUDY DESIGN: This study was composed of a school-based sample of 590 children in grades 3 through 5. Independent sources were used to assess victimization (self-report) and aggression (peer report) in the fall semester. School nursing logs for the entire school year were collected in May and coded for the number of times each child presented with a somatic complaint, illness, or injury. RESULTS: Both aggression and victimization were significantly related to all 3 reasons for nurse visits, controlling for demographic variables. Higher levels of aggression and victimization each were independently associated with more frequent visits to the school nurse for somatic complaints, illnesses, and injuries. A significant victimization-times-aggression interaction was found for illnesses, with nonaggressive victimized children presenting most frequently for illness visits. CONCLUSIONS: Involvement in aggressor-victim interactions, as either aggressor, victim, or both, is associated with more frequent health complaints, based on school nursing logs. Prevention, early identification, and treatment of problems with victimization and aggression may have important health implications for children.
Authors: Timothy D Nelson; Tori R Smith; Robert Pick; Michael H Epstein; Ronald W Thompson; Thomas F Tonniges Journal: J Behav Health Serv Res Date: 2013-01 Impact factor: 1.505
Authors: Paula J Fite; Joy Gabrielli; John L Cooley; Sonia L Rubens; Casey A Pederson; Eric M Vernberg Journal: J Child Adolesc Subst Abuse Date: 2016-01-01
Authors: Karol Johanna Briñez Ariza; Clara Virginia Caro Castillo; María Elena Echevarría-Guanilo; Marta Lenise Do Prado; Silvana Silveira Kempfer Journal: Rev Lat Am Enfermagem Date: 2018-05-17
Authors: Peter Fonagy; Jessica Yakeley; Tessa Gardner; Elizabeth Simes; Mary McMurran; Paul Moran; Mike Crawford; Alison Frater; Barbara Barrett; Angus Cameron; James Wason; Stephen Pilling; Stephen Butler; Anthony Bateman Journal: Trials Date: 2020-12-07 Impact factor: 2.279
Authors: Anthony Bateman; Jennifer O'Connell; Nicolas Lorenzini; Tessa Gardner; Peter Fonagy Journal: BMC Psychiatry Date: 2016-08-30 Impact factor: 3.630