Body Mass Index and Peer Victimization From Middle Childhood Through Early Adolescence: Disaggregation of Between- and Within-Person Associations and Specificity Across Victimization Types
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Published online on July 18, 2025
Abstract
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Peer victimization is a prevalent problem, which is often related to high body mass index (BMI). However, prior studies largely overlooked the heterogeneity in this association varying as a function of the victimization type/form (i.e., physical, verbal, ...
Peer victimization is a prevalent problem, which is often related to high body mass index (BMI). However, prior studies largely overlooked the heterogeneity in this association varying as a function of the victimization type/form (i.e., physical, verbal, ...