NATS 1745 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Peer Victimization, Scott Storch, Inverse Relation

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1745
• Professor: Alireza Asgharzadeh

Document Summary

Defined as (cid:271)eing ta(cid:396)geted (cid:271)(cid:455) pee(cid:396)"s agg(cid:396)essi(cid:448)e (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396)s. Includes overt behaviours such as hitting, pushing, threatening, and insulting) Includes relational behaviours (ignoring, shunning and spreading rumors) Peer victimization, psychosocial adjustment, and physical activity in overweight and at-risk-for- Overweight youth: participants: 92 children from ages 8-18 years old who had a bmi that was corrected for age. Bmi that was in the 85th-95th percentile or higher was a participant (mean bmi was 37. 5). Social avoidance, people may avoid going in those situations where they will get victimized again. Not to lose weight, only way is to change their diet instead of resorting to pa. People who are victimized might prevent going in those situations) (frey et al. , 2005. Weight criticism during physical activity, coping skills, and reported physical activity in children. Increased wca was significantly associated with reduced sports enjoyment. Increased wca was associated with reduced mild-intensity leisure activity ( no effect on moderate or strenuous leisure exercise)