Associations Between Self, Peer, and Teacher Reports of Victimization and Social Skills in School in Children With Language Disorders

Previous studies have shown that teachers and parents of children with language disorders report them to have higher victimization scores, a heightened risk of low-quality friendships and social difficulties, and may be more vulnerable to peer rejection than control peers. However, there are few stu...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Inmaculada Sureda-Garcia, Mario Valera-Pozo, Victor Sanchez-Azanza, Daniel Adrover-Roig, Eva Aguilar-Mediavilla
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/a12b3de2696b43f89f3ce6b0e60dc4dc
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:doaj.org-article:a12b3de2696b43f89f3ce6b0e60dc4dc
record_format dspace
spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a12b3de2696b43f89f3ce6b0e60dc4dc2021-11-15T04:55:08ZAssociations Between Self, Peer, and Teacher Reports of Victimization and Social Skills in School in Children With Language Disorders1664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2021.718110https://doaj.org/article/a12b3de2696b43f89f3ce6b0e60dc4dc2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.718110/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078Previous studies have shown that teachers and parents of children with language disorders report them to have higher victimization scores, a heightened risk of low-quality friendships and social difficulties, and may be more vulnerable to peer rejection than control peers. However, there are few studies of bullying in children with developmental language disorder (DLD) and reading difficulties (RD), and none has considered the mutual relationships between teacher reports, the perceptions of classmates, and children’s self-reports. We analyzed the experiences of bullying and peer relationships in primary school students with DLD and RD as compared to their age-matched peers using teacher reports, peer reports, and self-reports on victimization. Additionally, we explored how these three perspectives are associated. Results indicated lower levels of peer-rated prosocial skills in DLD and RD students compared to their peers, as well as higher levels of victimization as assessed by peers for students with DLD. In the same line, the teachers’ ratings showed that students with DLD presented poorer social skills, less adaptability, and more withdrawal in social interaction. Contrastingly, self-reports informed of similar rates of interpersonal relationships, social stress, and peer victimization between the three groups. Consequently, we found significant correlations between measures of peer reports and teacher reports that contrasted with the lack of correlations between self and other agents’ reports. These findings stress the importance of using self-reports, peer reports, and teacher reports at the same time to detect bullying situations that might go unnoticed.Inmaculada Sureda-GarciaMario Valera-PozoVictor Sanchez-AzanzaDaniel Adrover-RoigEva Aguilar-MediavillaFrontiers Media S.A.articledevelopmental language disorder (DLD)reading difficulties (RD)victimizationbullyingsociogramteacher reportPsychologyBF1-990ENFrontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic developmental language disorder (DLD)
reading difficulties (RD)
victimization
bullying
sociogram
teacher report
Psychology
BF1-990
spellingShingle developmental language disorder (DLD)
reading difficulties (RD)
victimization
bullying
sociogram
teacher report
Psychology
BF1-990
Inmaculada Sureda-Garcia
Mario Valera-Pozo
Victor Sanchez-Azanza
Daniel Adrover-Roig
Eva Aguilar-Mediavilla
Associations Between Self, Peer, and Teacher Reports of Victimization and Social Skills in School in Children With Language Disorders
description Previous studies have shown that teachers and parents of children with language disorders report them to have higher victimization scores, a heightened risk of low-quality friendships and social difficulties, and may be more vulnerable to peer rejection than control peers. However, there are few studies of bullying in children with developmental language disorder (DLD) and reading difficulties (RD), and none has considered the mutual relationships between teacher reports, the perceptions of classmates, and children’s self-reports. We analyzed the experiences of bullying and peer relationships in primary school students with DLD and RD as compared to their age-matched peers using teacher reports, peer reports, and self-reports on victimization. Additionally, we explored how these three perspectives are associated. Results indicated lower levels of peer-rated prosocial skills in DLD and RD students compared to their peers, as well as higher levels of victimization as assessed by peers for students with DLD. In the same line, the teachers’ ratings showed that students with DLD presented poorer social skills, less adaptability, and more withdrawal in social interaction. Contrastingly, self-reports informed of similar rates of interpersonal relationships, social stress, and peer victimization between the three groups. Consequently, we found significant correlations between measures of peer reports and teacher reports that contrasted with the lack of correlations between self and other agents’ reports. These findings stress the importance of using self-reports, peer reports, and teacher reports at the same time to detect bullying situations that might go unnoticed.
format article
author Inmaculada Sureda-Garcia
Mario Valera-Pozo
Victor Sanchez-Azanza
Daniel Adrover-Roig
Eva Aguilar-Mediavilla
author_facet Inmaculada Sureda-Garcia
Mario Valera-Pozo
Victor Sanchez-Azanza
Daniel Adrover-Roig
Eva Aguilar-Mediavilla
author_sort Inmaculada Sureda-Garcia
title Associations Between Self, Peer, and Teacher Reports of Victimization and Social Skills in School in Children With Language Disorders
title_short Associations Between Self, Peer, and Teacher Reports of Victimization and Social Skills in School in Children With Language Disorders
title_full Associations Between Self, Peer, and Teacher Reports of Victimization and Social Skills in School in Children With Language Disorders
title_fullStr Associations Between Self, Peer, and Teacher Reports of Victimization and Social Skills in School in Children With Language Disorders
title_full_unstemmed Associations Between Self, Peer, and Teacher Reports of Victimization and Social Skills in School in Children With Language Disorders
title_sort associations between self, peer, and teacher reports of victimization and social skills in school in children with language disorders
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/a12b3de2696b43f89f3ce6b0e60dc4dc
work_keys_str_mv AT inmaculadasuredagarcia associationsbetweenselfpeerandteacherreportsofvictimizationandsocialskillsinschoolinchildrenwithlanguagedisorders
AT mariovalerapozo associationsbetweenselfpeerandteacherreportsofvictimizationandsocialskillsinschoolinchildrenwithlanguagedisorders
AT victorsanchezazanza associationsbetweenselfpeerandteacherreportsofvictimizationandsocialskillsinschoolinchildrenwithlanguagedisorders
AT danieladroverroig associationsbetweenselfpeerandteacherreportsofvictimizationandsocialskillsinschoolinchildrenwithlanguagedisorders
AT evaaguilarmediavilla associationsbetweenselfpeerandteacherreportsofvictimizationandsocialskillsinschoolinchildrenwithlanguagedisorders
_version_ 1718428822554017792