Graduate Program

School Psychology

Degree Name

Specialist in School Psychology

Semester of Degree Completion

2002

Thesis Director

Linda Leal

Abstract

The focus of this study was to assess the relationship between self-esteem and victimization. A modified self-esteem questionnaire, entitled "What I am Like," originally developed by Egan and Perry (1998), and a modified bully survey, originally developed by Garrity, Jens, Porter, Sager, & Short-Camille (1994), were administered to students. A total of 32 students from first grade participated in the research project and completed the questionnaires; data were collected in the fall and the spring of the school year. Most students reported some sort of victimization. A Pearsons R was conducted to assess the relationship between self-esteem and victimization. Results identified that peer victimization correlated with self-esteem; higher scores on victimization were related to lower self-esteem. Possible reasons for this relationship between self-esteem and victimization arc discussed.

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