Title

Victimization in The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development

Authors

Jean M. Ispa
Chang Su-RussellFollow

Document Type

Chapter

Publication Date

2018

Keywords

age and victimization, bullying, perpetrators, social media, victimization, victims, workplace

Abstract

Most research on victimization tries to explain why some people are more likely than others to be the targets of physical and social aggression, and what the consequences are for victims. In physical victimization, victims’ bodies are attacked via pushing, hitting, strangling, and so on. Social victimization involves emotional hurt caused by exclusion, malicious gossip, taunting, or other forms of verbal or nonverbal ostracism and rejection. Victimization is fairly common and occurs in all life stages. This entry focuses only on victimization that is serious because it is deeply felt or has other grave consequences; it does not discuss brief episodes that leave little or no mark.

Comments

This chapter was originally published as Ispa, J. M. & Su-Russell, C. (2018). Victimization. In M. C. Bornstein (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

Recommended Citation

Ispa, Jean M. and Su-Russell, Chang, "Victimization in The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development" (2018). Faculty Publications - Family and Consumer Sciences. 3.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/fpfcs/3