- Title
- School peer victimization of young people with craniofacial conditions : A comparative study
- Creator
- Carroll, Pam; Shute, Rosalyn
- Date
- 2005
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/42164
- Identifier
- vital:180
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/13548500500093753
- Identifier
- ISSN:1354-8506
- Abstract
- Young people with and without craniofacial conditions were compared on perceived incidence and frequency of school-based peer victimization and resultant distress; the relationship of craniofacial disfigurement severity to victimization incidence and frequency was also assessed. A deliberately biased sample-over-representing greater disfigurement-of 85 young people (9 to 16 years of age), continuing or having completed treatment for a craniofacial condition, were rated on current disfigurement severity, and responded to an extended version of the Direct and Indirect Aggression Scale (DIAS) presented as a structured telephone interview. Fifty-five matched school peers without craniofacial conditions responded to the same interview. Greater craniofacial disfigurement was associated with greater likelihood and frequency of being targeted with certain aggressive behaviours identified from the craniofacial literature. However, no more young people with, than without, craniofacial conditions experienced frequent victimization, considerable emotional distress or references to their appearance. This study provides a social comparison for victimized young people with craniofacial conditions. Knowing that those without disfigurement are also victimized may help ease their disfigurement-related cognitions. This study highlights the limitations of surgical correction for disfigurement, and promotes a more realistic view for victimization experiences and intervention options. © 2005 Taylor & Francis Group Ltd.; C1
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Relation
- Psychology, Health and Medicine Vol. 10, no. 3 (2005), p. 291-304
- Rights
- Copyright Taylor & Francis
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1701 Psychology; Craniofacial; Direct and Indirect Aggression Scale; DIAS; Emotional distress; Facial disfigurement; Victimization
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