A Study of Peer Victimization among Male and Female Adolescents

By : Rajesh Kumar Jha, Kajal Chaurasia

Page No: 187-194

Abstract
The current study aimed to examine the prevalence of peer victimization among male and female adolescents. Peer victimization is very common phenomenon among adolescents and leads to emotional distress, anxiety, and depression in the life. However, there have been very few studies related to the peer-victimization among male and female adolescents in eastern context. The study was conducted with adolescents aged 16-20 years from Delhi NCR participants. These samples (adolescents) were school and college going of any stream. The study was consisted of 100 adolescents (42 males & 58 females). Multidimensional Peer Victimization Scale (Mynard & Joseph, 2000) was used. Findings reported that there was significant gender difference found on physical victimization, property attacks as well as the aggregate score of peer victimization.

Authors :
Rajesh Kumar Jha : Assistant Professor – Department of Psychology, DAV PG College, B.H.U., Varanasi, U.P.
Kajal Chaurasia : Department of Psychology, DAV PG College, B.H.U., Varanasi, U.P
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2023.18.02.4